Under an Irish Gray sky is Eventstellar’s sixth extended play and the twenty-fifth release in the band’s official canon. Originally released on February 20, 2020 and re-released in November 5, 2025. This EP marks a turning point in the band’s emotional and thematic trajectory. It stands as the most introspective work to date.
An elegy to disillusionment, failed idols and the bitter beauty of a land that once promised meaning. While the shadow of Ireland’s melancholic skies lingers across every verse, it is the spiritual fallout from misplaced reverence, particularly toward false prophets that defines the emotional charge of these compositions. There’s a veiled critique of modern messiahs, but also a deep love letter to the streets, nights and ghosts of Dublin.
The project was shaped by a diverse group of producers including Eoghan MacDara, Liam Sheridan, Noah Finnegan, Alexander Sheehan, Aodhán Mac Craith, Matt Dublin, Adam Mullen and Rónán Ó Scolaí. The mixing was led by Liam Sheridan, Finbar Calloway, Séarlas Ó Duinnín ,Matt Dublin, Fionn Ó hEighnigh and Paul Evans.
While the mastering was completed by Magnus Thomasson, Declan Ellison, Thor Linnane and Aodhán Mac Craith. It was produced, recorded and mastered in The Warehouse Zone in Dublin, Ireland and Skógafoss Studios in Reykjavik, Iceland.
In Dublin with you is a romantic recollection wrapped in rainy streets and late-night memories. This track captures the fleeting sweetness of a love found in the heart of the Irish capital. With lyrical references to Grafton Street, Vico Road and ultraviolet skies it paints a dreamlike picture of companionship and nostalgia. The repetition of the title becomes a mantra—a desperate wish to relive a moment that slipped away too fast.
Under an Irish gray sky is a song that stands as the emotional axis of the EP. Built on silence absence and unresolved longing it evokes the loneliness of speaking to a land that no longer responds. With each verse, the sky lowers the tide pulls back and the voice fades into mist. It is a meditation on failure belonging and the unspoken.
The ballad of Jordan Joy Hewson is an idealized and mythical portrait of a muse born of Irish soil. Jordan is no longer just a name but a force of nature—blue-eyed ethereal and radiant. This ballad oscillates between admiration and celestial reverence describing her as the one who awakens the world around her. Her presence becomes poetry and the song her constellation.
The Poolbeg Co. is a descent into the industrial and psychological depths of modern Ireland. Fragmented poetic and disturbing it describes the invisible machinery behind a man’s collapse. References to red lights smoke and electric corridors hint at addiction mental exhaustion or existential breakdown. This song becomes both place and metaphor, a hidden system designed to fracture souls.
The man from Cedarwood is a scathing yet artful critique of a fallen idol. With lyrical precision the song traces the arc from youthful sincerity to corporate messianism. “The boy from Cedarwood who lost the flame” becomes a tragic figure dressed in 4K sermons and private jets. It is not hatred that drives the lyrics but mourning—the mourning of what could have been if integrity had prevailed. The track serves as both requiem and resistance.
Under an Irish Gray Sky is not merely a tribute to a place. It is an emotional reckoning in the space between admiration and betrayal, between verses unsung and flags dropped the band finds clarity. Ireland becomes a stage of memory pain and transcendence. And as the rain falls the silence speaks louder than ever.
Release date:
February 11, 2020
Producers:
Eoghan MacDara
Liam Sheridan
Noah Finnegan
Alexander Sheehan
Aodhán Mac Craith
Matt Dublin
Adam Mullen
Rónán Ó Scolaí
Eoghan MacDara
Recording Engineer:
Sōun Kanda
Mixing Engineers:
Liam Sheridan
Finbar Calloway
Séarlas Ó Duinnín
Matt Dublin
Fionn Ó hEighnigh
Paul Evans
Mastering Engineers:
Magnus Thomasson
Declan Ellison
Thor Linnane
Aodhán Mac Craith
Label:
Sólir Music
Recorded at:
The Warehouse Zone
Mixed and Mastered at:
The Warehouse Zone & Skógafoss Studios
Genres:
Dream Pop & Celtic New Age
Format:
Download & Streaming