‘Thick as Thieves‘ is the first single taken from the record and is released today Friday 30th of January.
Here in the Bardos is an album trying to make sense of death and the ghosts of adolescence. Its songs trace young lovers around old streets, and their medium-sized beliefs.
Autumn Owls’ new album was sparked by an unplanned yearlong stay in Dublin during the Covid-19 pandemic. After several years living abroad, songwriter Gary McFarlane found himself back at Insomnia Lodge — the converted shed behind his family home where Autumn Owls first began.
During this period, McFarlane revisited and completed a previously abandoned album, Three Winters in the Capital, released in 2021. Invigorated by the experience, he began writing new songs for the first time in almost a decade. When borders reopened, early sketches continued to evolve, travelling with him across new homes in China, Thailand, and later France.
Those songs would eventually become the new album. Musically, it marks a clear break from earlier Autumn Owls releases. It is the project’s most direct record to date, pairing immediacy with lyrics rooted in memory, early attachment, and loss.
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