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Major Rift Remastered

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REMASTERED! MAJOR RIFT


"AN EXCEPTIONAL SONG FOR THESE SAD AND DANGEROUS TIMES. BEAUTIFUL, SUCH FEELING. QUALITY."

Liam Murphy, Munster Express Newspaper

"THESE ARE SOME POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE LYRICS BY GREENSHINE THAT MUST GIVE US PAUSE IN THIS ANGRY, GRACELESS AGE." Listener, California

"TREMENDOUS!" Máiréad Ní Mhaonaigh, ALTAN

GREENSHINE is a Cork based Indie Folk trio. We recently released our latest single MAJOR RIFT and have been getting great support internationally with playlisting across stations in Ireland, UK, Canada, USA and Australia so far. We have decided to re-visit the single and to that end have re-mastered it to give the recording a little more thrust and are delighted with the results. The eagle-eared (is that a term?!) may notice the changes we made in the mastering suite courtesy of our long time friend and colleague Dan Fitzgerald . We are joined on this track once again by Martin Leahy on drums and percussion.

MAJOR RIFT IS AN EDGY LITTLE SONG THAT STARTS OUT IN A DARK PLACE BUT ENDS UP IN A PLACE OF LIGHT. IT'S A PLEA FOR A COOL HEAD AND KINDNESS IN THE FACE OF OUR FEARS.

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Major Rift
Last light in the iron sky, dark news from the East
Whole lot of bad vibes going around, no think before we speak
Everybody is an expert now. Everybody's got something to say
Goin to sit here on the fence not giving too much away
Cause lots of people are bound to get hurt if everybody shoots from the hip
All around the sacred cows stampede off the cliff
To the sound of a major rift.

What happened to 'all in this together'? What happened to 'all for one'?
What happened to stiff upper lip? What happened to caring for everyone?
When did we take our love away? When did bitter start prowling the hall?
When did it all come tumbling down? When did we build the wall
Suddenly we're on a choppy sea in a dodgy, leaky boat adrift
Roll back the dice to the time before there was a serious shift
And the sound of a Major Rift

I like us better when we pull together. Everybody try and play nice
Everybody try and play nice....try play nice

Astronaut looking down from above at a little blue ball in the sky
Can't see the crunched up faces, the scared hearts caught in a vice
All he sees is that little blue ball and how very lovely it is
Can't hear the arguments for the feeling that it's all a swizz
Just sees the home that he longs for and the people that he loves down there
Knows what's important. It matters cause it's so damned rare
A precious glowing gift. That's beyond a Major Rift.

credits

released April 30, 2021
Mary Greene - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Noel Shine - Electric Guitar, Bass
Martin Leahy - Drums and Percussion
Recorded and Produced by Mary Greene and Noel Shine
Mastered by Dan Dan Fitzgerald, Sound Sound Studio.

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GREENSHINE is a Cork based family trio, Noel Shine, Mary Greene and their daughter Ellie. Their singles including The Girl in the Lavender Dress, Dandelion Seed & The Good is Gone consistently reach the top spot of the RTE Radio 1 Airplay Chart. "the sound of a family immersed in music, tight in harmony, in love with song," Christy Moore. "Greenshine have done it again," Fiachna Ó Braonáin, RTE ... more

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