Lisa Hannigan shares 'Ora' video

Lisa Hannigan has premiered the stunning new track Ora, taken from her forthcoming third album At Swim (released on August 19th via Play It Again Sam recordings). Directed by her brother Jamie Hannigan, the starting point for the Ora video was a silhouette portrait of the siblings’ mother, Frances, from when she was a little girl. Inspired further by finding Youtube videos of “crankies” - backlit moving panoramas that are turned by hand – the team took turns operating the puppets over one July afternoon, all based out of the Hannigans’ (extremely patient) parents’ living room.

I am in love with this gorgeous aquatic ballad. That piano is amazing and her vocals so sweet and emotional!

Produced by Aaron Dessner, At Swim follows the double-platinum, Mercury-nominated debut ‘Sea Sew’, and 2011’s ‘Passenger’ (which charted at number 1 in Ireland, and earned Lisa another Choice Music Prize nomination). An intimate, 16-date European tour in support of ‘At Swim’ will follow this autumn, with several dates – including Islington Assembly Hall on October 24 - already selling out.

October 13 | Cardiff | The Tramshed
October 14 | Brighton | The Old Market
October 16 | Oxford | 02 Academy
October 17 | Bristol | Thekla
October 19 | Glasgow | Oran Mor
October 20 | Salford | St Philip’s Church (SOLD OUT)
October 21 | Liverpool | Arts Club
October 22 | Leeds | Brudenell Social Club
October 24 | London | Islington Assembly Hall (SOLD OUT)
October 25 | Birmingham | Glee Club
October  26 |  Leicester | 02 Academy
October 28 | Leuven | Hot Depot
October 29 | Zurich | Plaza
October 30 | Milan | Fabrique Milano
November 1 | Berlin | Admiralspalast
November 2 | Cologne | Studio 672
November 3 | Paris | Le Flow
November 4 | Netherlands | Den Haag