Walpurgis Family’s’ new album ‘Dawn’ will be released on January 28th 2012. The release will be celebrated with a gig in The Pavilion on Sunday 12th Feb! This takes place during the Popical Island Invasion with a gig the previous night featuring Tieranniesaur, Squarehead and Land Lovers

The album was recorded and produced by Fiachra McCarthy (Pantone247) between July and October 2011 in several practice spaces, kitchens and living rooms. It contains contributions by Fiachra, Dina Ryan (Hired Hands) and Neassa Doherty (Capitol Trid, The Terribles, You Kiss By the Book), as well as a choir of friends.

Although ‘Dawn’ is not a concept album, many of the songs share a general theme of ‘light after darkness’. In this journey through emotions, the upbeat ‘Domestic Violence’ looks at a violent household from a child’s perspective. ‘Simon Smiles’ tells of a mentally-challenged child growing older. Other songs deal with different aspects of life, such as the liberating excitement of camping in the woods (Let’s Go Camping), remembering lost friends (Jurassic Park) or going through rough moments in a long term relationship (A Waltz).

The album will be available on download from iTunes, Bandcamp, etc., and on CD from selected record stores including Tower, RAGE and HMV Grafton St. in Dublin, Plugd in Cork and the Bell Book & Candle in Galway.