Mosspit logo — the band name in carved stone lettering with two entwined serpents

Gallery

Gallery

Onstage, offstage and somewhere between one place and the next. No complete record exists. This is what survived.

Live

Mosspit performing to a packed room under warm stage lights
Mosspit. Full volume.
A wide view of Mosspit on stage before a silhouetted crowd
From the back of the room.
Mosspit's singer leaning into the microphone during a performance
Finn.
Mosspit's red-haired guitarist playing under the stage lights
Gráinne.
Mosspit's fiddle player performing with fierce concentration
Morrigan.
Mosspit's drummer and bassist locked into a live performance
Rhythm section.

Making music

Mosspit rehearsing together in a cluttered practice room
One more time.
A Mosspit writing session around a table scattered with notebooks and mugs
Work in progress.
Mosspit tracking together in a live recording room, headphones on and instruments in hand
Real noise. Real home.
Balor behind the Mosspit kit in the drum room, bodhrán in one hand
Balor. Louder, kinder, longer.

Offstage

Mosspit and their travelling company gathered in a crowded backstage room
After.
Mosspit sharing songs and drinks around a table in a dark Irish pub
The acoustic set nobody booked.
Mosspit listening to a local storyteller outside a city pub at night
There was apparently a misunderstanding.
The full Mosspit line-up gathered at a rain-slick stage door with Forty Coats behind them
Everyone in one place, briefly.
Bricriu leaning against a Mosspit flight case backstage with his bass
Bricriu. Another town, same trouble.
Peig backstage with her tambourine, pipe and a raised mug
Peig. Still louder than you.
Puck sitting on a Mosspit flight case backstage with his tin whistle
Puck, waiting on nobody.

On the road

Mosspit's van travelling a winding coastal road beneath a full moon
Somewhere between here and the next one.
Mosspit crowding around their weathered touring van above the sea
Still running.
Three members of Mosspit walking an exposed Irish coastal path with their instruments
Long way round.
Mosspit loading gear out of a Dublin venue onto a wet street at night
Dublin. Load-out, in the rain.
Mosspit crowded into the van on the rainy road to Galway
Galway tomorrow. Somehow.