{"id":271489,"date":"2025-05-27T12:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/?p=271489"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:40:35","slug":"far-caspian-an-outstretched-hand-rain-from-here-to-kerry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/pop\/indie-pop\/far-caspian-an-outstretched-hand-rain-from-here-to-kerry\/","title":{"rendered":"Far Caspian Shares New Single\/Video “An Outstretched Hand\/Rain From Here to Kerry,” New LP ‘Autofiction’ Out 7\/25 via Tiny Library Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Far Caspian\u2014the project of Irish musician Joel Johnston\u2014today shared his new single \u201cAn Outstretched Hand \/ Rain From Here To Kerry<\/a>\u201d off his forthcoming new album Autofiction<\/em>, due out July 25th, 2025, via his own Tiny Library Records (22\u00ba Halo, SOMOH). The chiming, expansive track is bolstered by rapid, energetic percussion and arrives with a self-directed video<\/a>. The lyrics across Autofiction<\/em> are Johnston\u2019s most direct, diaristic and literal to date, and \u201cAn Outstretched Hand \/ Rain From Here To Kerry\u201d is no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This song ties two scenarios together. “An Outstretched Hand” is just a simple love song about enjoying time in a new relationship and having that feeling that time is always against you because you want to spend it all with the other person,\u201d he explains. \u201cIt\u2019s also about a day\/night back in 2014 when a group of friends and I went down to Kerry for my friend\u2019s birthday to hike up Carrauntoohil, which is the tallest mountain in Ireland. A rough storm eventually sent us driving 8 hours back home through the night instead. I remember my friend who drove asked me to promise not to fall asleep so that he had company the whole way. So I sat in the passenger seat while the others slept in the back. We were forced into it, but that drive ended up being really special. It felt like one of those moments in life that will always be with you, especially at that younger age when the world feels like it\u2019s in need of exploring.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-order Autofiction<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n