Pebbledash release final single 'O The Wind' from upcoming EP
- Richard Blowes
- Oct 22
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 24
O The Wind is the final single release from Pebbledash's second EP To Cast the Sea in Concrete out on November 5 on streaming, vinyl and CD.
Track: O The Wind
Band: Pebbledash
Released: October 22 2025
Following previous singles Tiles & Moss and Cell, Cork band Pebbledash have released the final single O The Wind from their second EP To Cast The Sea In Concrete which is released on November 5 via Blowtorch Records. Carraig Aonair, the stunning closer from their debut EP Four Portraits of the Same Ugly House recently featured in the Netflix series House Of Guiness bringing their sound to a wider audience.
O The Wind showcases the blend of traditional Irish folk, shoegaze and post-punk that has seen Pebbledash so widely acclaimed. Led by the ethereal vocals of Asha Egan McCutcheon, the track develops a dark and emotionally affecting soundscape reminiscent of The Velvet Underground's Venus In Furs.
Fingerpicked electric guitar blends with atmospheric swells of strings and synth, warm bass lines and driving, shuffling drums. The result drifts effortlessly between genres, enveloped in a beautiful haze of reverberated echoes and subtle field recordings.
Speaking about the track, Cormac Donovan O’Neill explains “I think we all felt that this song represented a major departure for Pebbledash in terms of the barriers of genre we were willing to cross.
“The track’s opening section foregrounds the emotional tumult of Asha’s lyrics exploring isolation in an urban landscape and the surrealism evoked by this floating through time, delivered in the ornamented manner of a traditional sean nós tune accompanied only by soft wheeze of air passing through a harmonium’s body and Fionnbharr’s spare guitar figure. But from there, we wanted the bass and drums to carry Asha’s stark lyricism atop an off-kilter groove more akin to the likes of DJ Shadow or Portishead, propelling the listener in unforeseen directions before the song returns home in its final moments, the vocal standing alone amidst a landscape of Terry Riley-esque arpeggios and eerie sampled vocals."
The band play Left Of The Dial festival in Rotterdam this weekend October 23-25 then an EP release gig in Cork on November 6. All dates for their upcoming tour are here:
Pebbledash tour dates
23–25 Oct – Left Of The Dial, Rotterdam
6 Nov – Cyprus Avenue, Cork
7 Nov – Workman’s Club, Dublin
8 Nov – Voodoo, Belfast
12 Nov – Servant’s Jazz Quarters, London
15 Nov – Castle Hotel, Manchester
16 Nov – The Attic, Leeds
The vinyl EP of To Cast The Sea In Concrete will ship mid November and can be ordered here.
The To Cast The Sea In Concrete CD will be available on release day November 5.
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