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On his second full-length album, ‘Everybody’s Welcome’,<\/em> Marty Ryan aka\u00a0Anna’s Anchor<\/strong> provides a deeply personal collection of songs that challenges\u00a0what is expected of him. When we’re growing up, we’re told to do well, get a good job and we’ll be happy yet as\u00a0‘Everybody’s Welcome’<\/em> shows, life isn’t that simple. Likewise, Marty has realised the beliefs and ideas that some people preach aren’t always executed by them.<\/p>\n Ahead of its release this week, Marty has penned a guest blog discussing the element of false hope that has been a burden to the Limerick musician in recent years. Marty gives us a detailed insight into his experiences and mindset that helped shape ‘Everybody’s Welcome’.<\/em><\/p>\n In the 6th Century, St. Munchin began building a church overlooking the beautiful river Shannon in my hometown, Limerick City. During the building of this church, he was in need of assistance to raise a heavy stone. He asked the helping hand of some local men that were passing by. The local men declined and continued on their way. Shortly after, some nomadic people passing through came to the help of St Munchin and helped him complete the final phases of the church. With this, St. Munchin put a curse on the people of Limerick City that they would forever be plagued with bad luck and that anyone visiting the city will be blessed with good luck. The curse of St. Munchin is not well known outside of the town but is on the lips of every Limerick person when things don\u2019t go our way, it is ingrained into our mentality. A mentality which is quietly optimistic but also outwardly pessimistic because after all, things don\u2019t usually go our way.<\/p>\n When asked by Already Heard to write a piece on the new Anna\u2019s Anchor<\/strong> record and overarching themes, the first thing that came to mind was \u201cFalse Hope\u201d. Whether you believe in the curse of St. Munchin or that it is merely an excuse for misfortune that subconsciously is a cause for a lot of our letdowns, this conflict of beliefs is a very strong theme in our new album ‘Everybody\u2019s Welcome’<\/em>. It documents the last three or so years following on from our first album (‘Nautical Miles’<\/em>).<\/p>\n The first album is very much a real-life concept album that took place from my lowest moment where due to alcohol abuse tearing my family apart, I truly felt that I was completely alone and couldn\u2019t trust anyone. The album walks through that point song by song, to a point where I felt a lot more stable and put back together. By the end of the album, both in song and in my own head I felt that things were now all fine, I had gotten the help I needed. I had now graduated from University with a good degree, had gotten a good job with a decent salary and everything was in the past.<\/p>\n
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