“Season Changes could be the record Mellow Candle made with Harry Nilsson” – Niall Toner (RTE)
“The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up… a definite Folk Horror Vibe… I like that a LOT!” – Ralph McLean (BBC Radio Ulster).
“I think he’s Ireland’s Scott Walker… Season Changes is a little Masterpiece” – Pete Holidai (The Radiators From Space/Dublin City FM)
“Such a fantastic musician and a stalwart of the Irish music scene… ‘Season Changes’ is timeless, and I’m delighted I have a Radio Show to play it on.” – Nessy, The London Ear, RTE 2XM.
“I always love his music, there’s nothing to be said about Ger Eaton except that it’s great music, a great single, and I LOVE IT!!” – Martin Bridgeman (KCLR 96 FM)
Dimple Discs are thrilled to announce the new single from revered Irish composer/musician Ger Eaton (pronounced Jair, short for Gerard).
A multi-Instrumentalist, Songwriter, Hair Stylist and Retro-Vintage Aficionado, this iconic and stylish gentleman is most recently known as keyboardist/guitarist for Dublin alt-rock heroes The Pale. Indeed, Ger has been a mainstay of the Irish music scene for many years as a member of Premonition (EMI), Las Vegas Basement (Columbia), Les Marionettes, Pugwash, The Carnival Brothers and many solo and collaborative recordings. Throughout this time he also recorded and toured extensively with, among others, Mundy, Duke Special, Jack L and Fionn Regan, playing everywhere from Glastonbury Festival to the ‘Later With Jools Holland’ TV Show.
The story behind the song:
“Season Changes was born out of a newly strung guitar and a late night rewatching of The Wicker Man.
I’ve always found one of the most useful tools as a songwriter is using different instruments (from my ever-expanding eclectic collection!) to form a song’s cornerstone.
In the case of Season Changes, it was my old Fender acoustic guitar that I’d just restrung in Nashville tuning. It seemed to give it an almost ethereal quality that guided the formation of the song’s hypnotic and echoing arpeggio. I found myself happily picking the same chord shape for hours, my mind lost in its musical simplicity, yet also acutely aware of its endless melodic potential.
Later that evening, to switch off and unwind, I decided to rewatch one of my favourite films, The Wicker Man, the folk horror classic from 1973 … and so the song’s journey began.
The song itself deals with the often inevitable decay of a relationship, from the glowing bloom of its Spring, gradually ebbing away to its Wintry conclusion.
Video Description
The video was shot in the historic ‘Tea Lane Cemetery’ in Celbridge, Co Kildare, where I’ve spent most of the last 20 years.
I approached its custodian with my idea for the video, and they very kindly granted me access, with my very own key, to its wonderfully creaky gates!
As with my last video, for the song ‘Home Again’, I once more enlisted the help of my friend and drummer, Graham Hopkins, and new to the team this time, his childhood friend Josh Fogarty (Making Shapes).
We decided the video should have a dark, almost gothic feel, and be our own special homage to the folk horror genre!
All of my videos to date have been shot in a single continuous take, and we kept with that format up until around midway through, when things took a more sinister turn…
LYRICS
Spring unfurls desire like a web
Spinning passions round a lovers head
Summer comes around collecting words unsaid
Their warmth for charity
Season Changes
Autumn’s leaves collecting at my feet
Golden colour can’t disguise deceit
Winter’s icey fingers scratching at belief
Laying bare my very soul
Season Changes
