Ireland’s premier vocal harmony group Wyvern Lingo, are back with Out Of My Hands the second single to be taken from the forthcoming debut album set for release early next year.

Out Of My Hands sees Wyvern Lingo attacking political apathy by looking at the world through the eyes of the politically unengaged, who believe that they can’t make a difference.

In interview with GoldenPlec back in August, Karen Cowley explained the story behind Out Of My Hands.

“It’s written from the point of someone who doesn’t want to engage and doesn’t think they can do anything. I guess we enjoyed the sarcasm of that, because it’s very hard to write about these things without being preachy. I think for us songwriting, and songwriters that we aspire to be like, are songwriters that can mask things in a beautiful space with storytelling but also say a lot without pointing it out.

What’s weird about this song (Out of My Hands) is that it is really relatable. It’s from the bad guy’s point of view, but it’s really understandable that this is how you might feel so apathetic in the face of all you might be doing to help the world. It’s centered around this conversation I had with a guy.”

“You can call him a prick,” quips Caoimhe, before Karen continues. “He was being really sarcastic and cynical about artists’ efforts. I’m very new to activism myself, but in the last year and a half I’ve done a bit of campaign work and I came across this person regularly and he was being so sarcastic all the time, from an educated perspective. Long story short, I was trying to level with the guy, I don’t like confrontation. I get how you feel, but that’s not good enough.”

Read the rest of our interview with Wyvern Lingo here.

Wyvern Lingo play Number Twenty Two on South Anne Street on Friday 23rd February. Tickets priced at €19.50 including booking fee – go on sale today (Friday 6th October) at midday from Ticketmaster.ie

McHughs Basement Bar, Belfast March 1st 2018. Doors 8pm Tickets £14 + Booking Fee