Jack O’Rourke has shared the video for Sea Swimming from his forthcoming second album ‘Wild Place’ out November 5th – read our review here

“This tune came very late. The melody, I heard in my head, coming out of the ocean after starting sea swimming during lockdown . It’s inspired by my roots of Irish traditional music. The Gloaming and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh were the soundtrack on trips to the sea. It might have Rubbed off. It’s a song of hope and renewal and being intimate – with yourself and your soul mate,” explains O’Rourke, of the origin story of the track which will surely resonate with the many people who took up sea swimming over the last two years.

“The ocean brings out that. Martha represents our inner child, “laughing in the tide with no motive.” Hugh Dillon on guitar, channels Steve Cooney and Clare Sands added fiddle which brings the song back to a roots feel. Aisling’s cello is integral. I was asked to play this for Departures, a film by Luke McManus – emphasising the connection between landscape and songwriting.”

The video for Sea Swimming was shot by Daniel Keaney on various beaches in Cork with additional fan footage Some of my fans sent in clips of themselves sea swimming, “Dan’s style really captures the mystery and power of connecting with the ocean.” adds O’Rourke.

Jack O’Rourke hits the road later this month in support of ‘Wild Place’ – details below video.

November 12 – Dolans, Limerick
November 13 – The Courthouse Arts Theatre, Co Wicklow
November 27 – Triskel Christchurch, Cork
December 4th – Glengarra Mountain Lodge, Tipperary
December 11 – Levis’s, Ballydehob
February 24 – Mike the Pies, Listowel