Speaker 1: What a great song that is Hurricane by the Deep Hour,
and we have joining us via WhatsApp the man behind
the Deep Hour, Brian o'glanby. Let's see if we got
him here, Brian, are you there.
Speaker 2: I'm here? Yeah, can you hear me? Okay?
Speaker 1: Absolutely? You sound great And yeah, I love that song.
That's really incredible.
Speaker 2: Great, thank you very much.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a real heartfelt song, a real beldr of
a tune we think anyway, So yeah, I'm.
Speaker 2: Really glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for having
me on the show. Oh.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, no, I'm excited to talk to you the track officially,
it's out on the twentieth, correct February twentieth.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the twenty the February is the launch day for
the song. For the track itself.
Speaker 3: Worldwide, okay, every download and every streaming platform available. So okay,
we were excited about the whole concept.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to know more about the song itself.
You know, it's got kind of almost like a cinematic
vibe to it, really, the way it kind of builds,
and you know, I'd like to know more about more
about what it means. It's you know, I mean One
of the wonderful things about UH music and lyrics is,
you know, everything can kind of mean something different to
each person who who hears it and may take something
different from it. But I kind of get the impression
that this is there's something deeper here that might not
be a parent or obvious to someone who's just trying
to interpret the lyrics on a surface level. So I
was wondering if you could share more about what the
lyrics of the track mean or or if it's talking
about some some sort of specific experience.
Speaker 3: Well, absolutely, I mean, as you know yourself, music is
a very expressive medium, very it's it's an artful medium,
and indeed as you as you express to yourself, it's
you know, you can you can be very cinematic and
very visual with you know, with with text as well
as the melodic, you know content of a track. Hurricane
is is a very deep personal kind of message that
the whole track came about and was influenced by a
very deep, heavy conversation I had with with a good
friend of mine.
Speaker 2: Who he seemed a bit troubled.
Speaker 3: So I was asking him, you know, come on with friends,
let me know what's bothering you. And he let this
whole secret out of the bag about this series of
letters that he that he'd found from was written from
one one family member to the to the other obviously
his mother and further, you know, came above water later on.
And these letters were they were, they were like basically
a cry for help.
Speaker 2: And it seems that the letter and.
Speaker 3: As as the the the issue of them, stick abuse
domestic violence never never sees the whole. The whole letters
were like a quite for help from you know, from
the other family member. Now, this obviously is a very
hard hitting and you know sometimes taboo and unspoken issue
you know in in households and relationships, et cetera, like that,
which which will.
Speaker 2: Really affect every family member involved. You know.
Speaker 3: Now these things have been going on for years and
never really it was never really spoken about until these
letters were were you know, dug out and found, and
which I suppose is a bit too late. It is
a very very deepened and hard hitting issue. So I
found within that, excuse me, within that, within that that
that story that needed to be expressed in a much
more artful and deeper melodic manner, as you say, cinematic,
And that's that's how the the initial song came about.
And that's that's what it was written about, you know,
So it is it is a very deep message.
Speaker 1: You know absolutely. Now your friend who told you, well,
I'm curious did he actually show you the letters or
did he just tell you about them?
Speaker 3: He had them with him when when we when we
had the conversation, but he couldn't find it within himself
to to to drag.
Speaker 2: Them out of the envelope, drag him out of his pocket.
Speaker 3: You know, I did prompt that, but obviously that's something
so deep, so personal, and I think it was it
was very personal for him to share the story initially,
so I didn't think, you want, I didn't actually see
the letters, so did you know kind of kept them
to himself, you know, sure?
Speaker 1: And then did you tell him that you were going
to write a song about this or And I'm curious too, obviously,
I mean, I assume he's heard.
Speaker 3: It, right, Yeah, obviously, with something so as deep as
personal as that, I kind kind of you know, I
searched within him, you know, I asked, you know, I
asked for his blessing basically, if if, if, if he
wouldn't mind me actually, you know, producing a song with
that issue in mind.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 3: Obviously you know that the names are are hidden to
to protect the innocence that kind of way. So yeah,
I I you know, I was I was looking look
for a bit of acknowledgement from from my friend, you
know that they didn't mind me doing this, you know,
so yeah, he knew about it, you know.
Speaker 1: And then what was his uh when he heard it,
I mean, what what was his reaction?
Speaker 2: Tears?
Speaker 3: And initially he was, yeah, tears, and then obviously it
was a bit of hugging down and you know, it
was a bit of soul searching to you know, to
actually write the song and pinpoint the melody parts of
it to get the message over in an aulln aggressive
manner like it's almost sweet, you know, as you said, cinematic.
You know, there's enough aggression in issues like this without
you know, some kind of a hard hitting heavy metal
zone back up that kind of violence, you know. But no,
there was there was There was tears, and there was
a few hogs, and there was a lot of thank yous,
and and it was yeah, it pretty hard.
Speaker 1: You know, I feel like, and this is something that
comes up a lot on the show as we talk
about taking terrible things, you know, traumas and tragedies and
all of it, all the things that happen in life
that are negative and creating something from that that is positive.
And you know, when you when you take something negative
and you create art, whether it be music or visual
art or whatever, it is anything that you can you know,
take and then create something that not only helps helps
you if it's thing that happened to you, and then
you're using it as almost a sort of therapy, right
to work through it, to create something, but also has
the effect of helping other people who can then connect
with that. You know, other people who might hear the
song or who might hear this conversation or other conversations
that you've had about the song, and then they can
they can kind of get get that same thing out
of it and maybe it helps them in some way.
And as you mentioned too, this is such an unfortunately,
such a common problem domestic violence, and so this is
this is pretty relatable stuff for a lot of people.
But but I think that anytime you can take from that,
you know, you can create something that is positive and
put something out into the world that is positive as
a result of it. It's almost like a like transferring
that energy a little bit from negative to positive. And
so I think it's great and I think, like I said,
I mean, the song itself is absolutely incredible. And I
did want to ask you too about a couple of
the people who are on the track with you, because
you've got a couple of of hetty or maybe more
than a couple, I'm not sure, but some heavy hitters
here who who helped you record this? Correct?
Speaker 3: Absolutely, yeah, Now getting back to what you know what
you what you said there a second ago.
Speaker 2: The you know, the message in there is.
Speaker 3: It had and I felt that it had to be
you know, portrayed in a positive manner.
Speaker 2: Hence the you know, the melody of the song itself.
Speaker 3: You know, there's no kind of miners in there, and
it's all kind of in a in a in a.
Speaker 2: An uplifting key.
Speaker 3: So yeah, the art and music has a way of
delivering something that you can you know, you'll be a
bit shy, are a bit find.
Speaker 2: It very difficult to speak about. It's portrayed.
Speaker 3: You know, these issues are portrayed in this song. And
now I purposely didn't resolve the song. The song doesn't
have any answers. The song is pointing out it's a voice,
you know, it's the point out the issues and and
getting that slamming that home to a lot of people
and prompting them to talk about it themselves, really, you know.
And so yeah, music and art has a way of
it always finds a way of.
Speaker 2: Doing that, which is beautiful.
Speaker 3: And every you embark on something like this, it's unpredictable
where it's going to go, and that that's a fascination
and and also a drive, you know, an inspiration drive
to keep you going.
Speaker 2: Right. Yeah, we we during production on this song. And
thank you by the way, for the for the for
the huge compliments for that map. That really really means
a lot to me.
Speaker 1: Than you Absolutely great, great song.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much. That's great.
Speaker 3: You know, it's really great to hear that, you know,
because I mean, this song is it's it's the worldwide
debut and I've I've had, you know, only a few
reactions about the song, you know, so so hearing that
from the likes of yourself is to me is mind blowing.
Speaker 2: But touching on what you said as well about the you.
Speaker 3: Know, the the guys that that played on the record
and on the album with me. The album is coming
out sometime we think in the summer. This particular track
was the first one that the producer Wayne.
Speaker 2: Sheehy H myself. We we we got the demo down
of it.
Speaker 3: I mean we're thinking, well, this needs it needs something
very very strong. Didn't particularly we didn't want particularly looking
for any anyone, you know.
Speaker 2: To to to to achieve that. We're looking for a
particular sound, particular style.
Speaker 3: Now. Jerry Lennard is a good friend of Wayne, my producer,
and we've all you know, worked in the studio since together.
Jerry lenn It is the guy that you hear with
with these ghostly guitar lines, you know almost at the
real you know, they're they're really beautiful and bring a
real gorgeous if.
Speaker 2: You know, kind of.
Speaker 3: I could have put it now, it's almost levitation.
Speaker 2: That you feel when you when you're listening to it.
Speaker 1: You know, that's a that's a really that's a good
way of putting it. You know, I wouldn't have thought
of that, but uh, but yeah, you're right now that
you use that word, that is that is perfect levitation.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it's the melodic the melodic path. Jerry took
when we presented this song to him and Jerry.
Speaker 2: He's a great characters. He's a real, real good guy.
Speaker 3: And I was absolutely moon when he agreed after left
and listening to the demo of the track and he said, yeah,
what a great track lads. You know I want to
be involved, you know. So I was bowled over. I
couldn't you know. It's it was a bit hard for
me to to actually actually digest that and accept it.
Speaker 2: But once we got working on it.
Speaker 3: We we all realized at the time what it was
going to what was going to happen here, you know,
with this track. And now Jerry for for your listeners
out there, Jerry is his background. He was David Bowie's
musical director and guitar player, guitarist and co writer I
believe on some some tracks for I think about the
bones of about twenty years he was with with David
Bowie touring and recording and you know, his musical partner
there for for so long.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Oh, to have that integrity and they have that depth
on on my records, you know, on my album and
this this track in particular to me, was yeah, the
greatest accolade I could ever have musically I could ever achieve,
you know, so delighted with that. So not only Jerry,
but we presented the track again to to Rob him
alone or Robbie's fantastic, warm, floating baselines, you know, and
Robbie Malone has been a co writer and musical partner
with David Gray again for over twenty five years. So
to have the caliber of these musicians on on my
track was, you know, it just it. It took me
to a different realm, Matt, you know, so it's very
emotional when we when we find doing the final mix
on the track.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Producer Wayne Wayne p.
Speaker 3: She this is all recorded in his his fantastic studios,
Ocean Studios, Ireland. That's right down on the on the
southern tip of Ireland in County Cork, next up New York, that.
Speaker 2: That kind of way.
Speaker 3: So it's it's a very very open space and wide
open for creativity and you know, no distractions whatsoever. And
this whole, the whole album, the whole you know, record
has created in that in that you know, that product
production space in in Wayne's studio. And Wayne has a
beautiful history He's worked with with some of the biggest
artists on the planet, you know, Like I've just mentioned
Jerry and Robbie there, but Wayne has also worked with
the Hot House Flowers.
Speaker 2: And Ronnie Wood.
Speaker 3: He was Ronnie Woods drummer on on few of Ronnie's albums.
They're great friends, you know. So Cactus World News back
in the eighties, and and countless countless.
Speaker 2: You know artists that that that that Wayne's worked with.
Speaker 3: So he brought that wealth and and all that that
that beauty and depth of production value. Yeah, the old record,
you know, so delighted, absolutely delighted.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Now, now, did Wayne also produce the one, the first single?
Speaker 3: Yes, Yeah, Wayneane produced every track on the album.
Speaker 2: It's the albums, it's ten tracks.
Speaker 3: At the moment, we're working on another one, another track
because the album hasn't been released yet. We're still toying
with the idea of putting maybe one, maybe two tracks
on there. So but yes, Wayne, Wayne produced every every
track on the album, and he did produce the one
you know, so sorry, yeah.
Speaker 1: Oh, I was just gonna say that's a great track too.
We're actually going to play that at the end of
our conversation. I kind of bookend the segment. But yeah,
that's that's another really great song.
Speaker 2: Oh wow, thank you very much. Let's yeah, keep these
compliments coming all over them.
Speaker 1: You know, well, you know I'm of Irish descent, so
you know we have to we have to unite.
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's hold hands and jump up and down in
the air. That's great.
Speaker 1: But yeah, the one, uh you You've got a lot
of success with that, right is this? Was it number
one on the Irish iTunes Rock and Maine charts? Is
that correct?
Speaker 2: Yes? It was.
Speaker 3: Actually it was number one on the main Irish iTunes charts, unfortunately,
edging Taylor Swift from the top position, which I was
kind of proud about. You know, I thought it was
very funny, brilliant, and yes it was number one for
I think the week. And you know, I kept hopping
over when I was when I was looking at these charts,
I kept hopping over through the different scales and different
genres actually of of the iTunes and and and.
Speaker 2: Normal usual indigenous charts, you know, and.
Speaker 3: I looked and it was, Yeah, it was number one
on the rock charts as well, and you know, it
stayed there for such a long time.
Speaker 2: It was great.
Speaker 3: It's great to have that success. Huge surprise for me.
You know, because I mean I was up against some
of the biggest artistans.
Speaker 2: On the planet. Yeah. And then the next thing, I
got a phone call from from friends of.
Speaker 3: Mine in Amsterdam, so hey, you number two in in
in the Netherlands.
Speaker 2: I'm like, oh my god, what's happening here? You know?
Speaker 3: That's fantastic, absolutely, And yeah, I'm hoping to hoping to
generate the same success with with Hurricane.
Speaker 1: And then can you talk to you a little bit
about the one about you know what, what's kind of
the message behind that. It's kind of got a vibe
about you know, unity and change and so forth. But
I mean, am I right about that? Am I interpreting
that correctly?
Speaker 2: Yes? Absolutely?
Speaker 3: The one was written again as a as a as
a a prayer.
Speaker 2: For hope and unity.
Speaker 3: I suppose in a bit of a fractured world at
the moment where leadership seems to be a bit of
a shadow that people are avoiding, and it's it's kind
of a search for a positive, good, forward thinking, sincere leader,
you know, you know, which I suppose politically, which I
try to keep away from politics in my music because
it's too aidd and too niche, you know. But but
we do need positive leadership. And this is a it's
it's almost a prayer. It's almost written as a prayer,
but it is. It's a cry for hope and unity.
And you know, let's let's let's take let's take each
other and take each other into the future with a
great with a great leader. And it's a question as well,
you know, and the question is who is the one?
Speaker 2: Who will be the one? Are you going to be
the one? Am I going to be the one to
save the world? You know?
Speaker 3: And that's basically the message in the song there. You know,
it could be could be anyone, It could be anyone.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we we will play that in a few minutes.
I do want to ask you too about the meaning
of and I'm sure you this is a question you
probably get tired of answering. This country asked this question
all the time. But the meaning of the Deep Hour? What?
Speaker 2: What?
Speaker 1: Where does the name of the Deep Hour come from?
Speaker 3: The Deep Hour is somewhere between an angelic feeling and catatonia.
Speaker 2: That explains it.
Speaker 3: You know, now, when I when I say this, I
think you'll understand this, man, you know, with your your
history of you know, hypnotherapy, et cetera. But the deep
hour is a state of mind that you have no
control over. And this happens in the middle of the night,
when you're in the depths of your sleep. And that's
when when when dreaming, the you know, the the the
the the art of dreaming comes in la. Now you
read the deepest of your sleep. You know, this doesn't last,
This condition doesn't last all night. It probably lasts about
an hour.
Speaker 2: And that's that is the state of mind that I
want this music to to to create.
Speaker 3: Within the for the listener, you know, for the consumer, Yes,
it's basically like nearly a catatonic state of you know,
dream world, but.
Speaker 2: Great dreams, you know, nice dreams. So that's where that's
the name of the deep.
Speaker 3: That's where that comes from, is the deepest hour in
the night where you touch upon your dream dream scenes
really you.
Speaker 1: Know, okay, okay, very good. Yes. And then so the
album through your Eyes, do you have because I know
you said you've got another track that you're going to
be adding to it, do you have any kind of
an eta on one that might be I know, sometime
in twenty twenty six, I assume.
Speaker 2: It will be. Yeah, we.
Speaker 3: The plan is is is releasing in kind of calculated increments,
you know, So the one late last year because I
really wanted to drop a single in twenty twenty five,
and obviously the Hurricane now and I'm progressing with with
pr and you know, radio and awareness of these tracks.
So the next track to come out after that will
be These Are My Streets. Let's track all These Are
My Streets, which will be coming out the start of April.
So I wanted three or four singles to be released
from the album before I actually drop drop the album,
you know, getting back to your question, I think after
the fourth single, which will probably be May, the album
should come out, so it'll be early summer. I think
Used to Arrival will be early summer hopefully fingers crossed.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, excellent, excellent. Well, well, we'll certainly have you
back on you know, to to talk about it when
when you're ready and everything, because like I said, I mean,
you know, obviously we've only heard these Well we're gonna
play with the one in just a moment, but but
these two songs are so great, so I can't wait
to hear the rest of it. I think it's going
to be really, really good. And you know what, I
really I really like your approach to songwriting and the
messaging and all of it I think is great. So
and again, the new single The Hurricane will be out
of course February twentieth, just in a few days. And
love that such a great track. I'm very honored that
we got to do the radio premiere of it here
on the show. But Brian, this has been wonderful. Where
for our listeners, where should they go? Where's the best
place to go online to keep up with everything that
you're doing with the Deep Hower.
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, please follow me on Facebook, the Deep Hower
on Facebook, Instagram obviously the same, the Deep Hower and
my website.
Speaker 2: Every little nugget.
Speaker 3: Of information that I'm releasing will be up on my websites, which.
Speaker 2: Is the deepower dot com.
Speaker 1: Oh perfect.
Speaker 2: So the'll be new releases.
Speaker 3: Eventually, merch and you know, gig dates, two dates if
you know, there's no there's no two dates as such
yet because we're still busy with the pr and the
launching of a few tracks to get a bit of
a bit more meat on the bone, you know, get
something out there for the you know, for the valid
listeners and the valid.
Speaker 2: Fan base. So yeah, it's an exciting time.
Speaker 3: It's it's it's great, you know, and it's it's it's
brought in twenty twenty six on a real high and
a real positive note for me.
Speaker 2: You know, the whole team actually behind me, the production.
Speaker 3: Team, the you know, the musicians involved and the PR
team and every everybody involved.
Speaker 2: It's it's fabulous, so.
Speaker 1: Fantastic. You got you got a lot of good people
around you. That's that's for sure, and uh, that is outstanding. Brian.
We will let you go. We're gonna hit this, uh
this track. We're gonna play the one, the first single
from from this project, The Deep Hour. But Brian o'glan by,
thank you so much, and like I said, we will
have you back and I really love talking to you today.
Thank you so much for joining us.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, thank you very much.
Speaker 3: Thanks Mattin and all your production team there and all
your listeners.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much. The Deep Hower, The Deep Hower.
Speaker 1: All right, Brian, thank you, take care less.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much, boy bye bye.
Speaker 1: All right. That is Brian og Brian o'clanby from The
Deep Hower. Sorry I'm tripping on my still struggling with
my voice a little bit, but well Wow, he's great
to talk to you. I really enjoyed that conversation a lot.
And I love the new single, the Hurricane, which came out,
which will be coming out on February twentieth, But the
One is the first single from the album, and let's
give this a spin. This is the one, and this
is the Deep Hour.