[Cover photo credit to Jim Fuller]
After releasing their self-titled debut album in 2023, Dublin’s Somebody’s Child, the project led by Cian Godfrey, returns with the “Time of My Life” single and video. Since their first album’s release, they have been immersed in live performance, opening for The War on Drugs, Bloc Party and Kings of Leon at BST Hyde Park, and many more shows, including playing on the Main Stage at Electric Picnic.
Alongside the new single, Somebody’s Child have announced their sophomore album When Youth Fades Away, set for release on March 28, 2025, via Frenchkiss Records.
The album was recorded in the US with by Grammy Award-winner Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Frightened Rabbit).
Frontman Cian Godfrey says about the new album:
If our first album was about running away, this one is about staying put and reflecting. It’s about letting people in and letting ourselves out.
He adds about “Time of My Life”:
It’s about the flashing of life before your eyes, ending in a feeling of resolve, leaving legacy through songs and accepting fate. It was one of the most cathartic songs we’ve ever written.
The music video for “Time Of My Life” co-directed by Apollo Films’ Adrian Lee and Cian Godfrey. The music video stars Dublin actress Caroline Menton, known for her roles in Channel 5’s All Creatures Great & Small as well as this year’s indie horror Oddity.
Godfrey said on the music video:
The inspiration behind the music video was a crossover between trainspotting and Skins. I’ve always been a massive fan of film, perhaps more so than music in the literal meaning of the word [fan], and it’s been something I’ve wanted to do for a while now. I think having been inside this world for so long allowed me to visualise the reality of the music.
Live dates:
8th November – Favourite Days Festival – Liverpool, UK
16th November – Live at Leeds In The City – Leeds, UK
4th December – Simplon Poppodium – Groningen, NL
6th December – Effenaar – Eindhoven, NL
7th December – Ekko – Utrecht, NL [SOLD OUT]
