California Irish - The Mountains Are My Friends (2025) [Hi-Res]

Summoning the beguiling spirit of Laurel Canyon, employing analogue recording techniques, and recording songs in one or two takes to achieve something with a real human touch, California Irish are a new seven-piece group hailing from Belfast that working their own niche within the world of folk and Americana, and everything in between.

This new group with a unique sound formed from a combination of players that initially came together briefly to perform a Neil Young-inspired theatre show production called "Re-Harvest", in which the musicians who now make up California Irish very successfully performed the classic albums 'Harvest Moon' and 'Harvest' back-to-back.

The brainchild of the group's lead singer and chief songwriter Cormac Neeson (from The Answer), the band were hand-picked by Neeson based on long standing friendships, as well as experiences with numerous musical projects within the thriving Belfast music scene.