Sun Collective have hooked-up with Lisa Hannigan and I Have A Tribe for their new single Wild. Sun Collective are fronted by one of the most well respected musicians in the country Caimin Gilmore, who you may recognise from Niamh Regan’s recent appearance on Other Voices.

‘I wanted to let go of the usual songwriting patterns I utilise  when I was making Wild,” say Caimin Gilmore. “In that regard, I relinquished control to Patrick O’Laoghaire (I Have a Tribe), to arrange & steer the ship through his piano arrangements. I have played Lisa’s music for a number of year’s. As is her nature, she always generously offered to work on mine.”

“Wild & the upcoming single, New Light, were immediate fits when I thought of her voice within the context of our music. I am so humbled & grateful that she lent her unbelievably beautiful & unique voice to the project. Like everything she does, it lifted the songs to a level beyond what I could have imagined for them. The video was a collaborative brainstorm between myself and Kev Cahill. He distorted background credits & rendered characters from out of copyright films to create the vibrant primary colours & striking characters; made them dance & animated the subject matter of the song… I have a little cameo as well.’

Wild was produced by Ross Turner (Lisa Hannigan, Villagers), recorded by Ber Quinn (John Grant, Divine Comedy), with accompanying film by award winning director / writer and VFX specialist, Kevin Cahill (VFX – Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Alice in Wonderland).

Watch the video for Wild below, and then check out Sun Collective on Bandcamp.

We caught up with Caimin Gilmore last summer to find out what music gets under his skin. Click on the image below to see his playlist of influences