Marie-Claire Berreen and Her Husbands - Come Home (2015)

Song writing for Come Home began in a stormy North Wales. Marie-Claire and Steven Wattison (song writing partner, guitarist and producer) hired a remote cottage with a clear view to a harbour, hoping to find inspiration away from it all and surrounded by the elements. Little did they know they were about to experience the ferocious storms of February 2014.

The scene was exhilarating, with driving rain turning roads to rivers, howling winds, trees ripped from the ground and crashing through buildings. The influence of the elements is clear in many of the songs, including ‘Come Home’, ‘Fury of the storm’, ‘Spark’ and ‘Little one’.

Writing for the album continued at home, in Worcester, where the band set up their own recording studio and label. This afforded them room to experiment with their sound and more time to refine the songs by playing them in live. This brought in further influences from the rest of the band (Peter Jennings-Bates bass, Dan Slade drums, Ted Dwyer, guitar) including country guitar riffs that sound straight out of Nashville and an unexpected hint of progressive rock.

TRACKLIST

01. Come Home
02. Fury of the Storm
03. Draw Breath
04. Happy Song
05. Never Enough for Her
06. Darkness of the Day
07. Spark
08. Little One
09. Husbands
10. The Owls Are Not What They Seem
11. Busy People
12. Foundlings