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In The Heart of the Castle

by Weekend Special

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1.
Making The Most of Love 04:38
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2.
No Need to Ask 03:34
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3.
Remember The Good Times 03:49
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4.
Someone Who No Longer Exists 03:16
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5.
Who Can Silence the Wind? 05:25
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6.
Crowded 03:55
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7.
Heading On Home to You 04:23
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8.
In Another Life, in Another World 03:44
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9.
If You're Looking for Love 03:43
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10.
Worthy to be Loved 04:31
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11.
Lost my Balance 03:29
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12.
Somehow it Doesn't Sound the Same 04:32
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13.
He's Crying at Last 03:24
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14.
In The Heart of the Castle 03:52
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about

Is “In the heart of the castle” an album of country love songs with a pop flavour or is it an album of pop love songs with a country flavour? This is something the listener must decide. One way or the other, the atmosphere and lyrics of these fourteen compositions are typical of the writing style of Dublin composer Seán Silke. His speciality is warmly emotional and adult themes dealing in a powerful way with affairs of the heart.

Is there a theme running through all the tracks? The lyrics of “Someone who no longer exists” speak of a young optimistic girl whose emotions have turned bitter. She finds herself deluded; she loves an illusion. The man to whom she gave her heart is now a different person. She blames her situation on allowing drift in her life – she is paying the price for never defining and never really taking hold of what she wanted. If you imagine her emotional world as a “house of dreams”, this house is something we hold together with difficulty. At times we reconstruct it. And there also comes the time when it no longer exists.

The concept of a “house of dreams” finds an echo in all the songs. Tracks like “In the heart of the castle” and “Heading on home to you” reflect the emotions of home when home is a safe and happy place to be. “In another life, in another world” talks of those dreams of the heart which are not necessarily shared. “If you’re looking for love” speaks of departed dreams. And “Worthy to be loved” describes what it is like when dreams are spectacularly and unexpectedly fulfilled.

You can read all the song lyrics and song backgrounds by clicking the “Lyrics” tab on www.weekendspecial.ie.

credits

released June 18, 2018

Darien Chase - Vocals
Rohan Healy - Guitars, Additional Instrumentation, Programming
Al Quiff - Upright Bass, Electric Bass
David Virgin - Vocals, Guitar
Sean Silke - Piano, Organ, Strings

"In The Heart of the Castle" was recorded, mixed and mastered at Beardfire Studio, Dublin, 2018.

Produced, mixed and mastered by Rohan Healy and David Virgin.

Engineered by Al Quiff

Photography / Art Design: Kathy Silke (www.silkephotography.ie

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