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Review: After a rise to prominence as one half of the original Irish Americana duo the Lost Brothers, Irish singer-songwriter Oisin Leach recorded his latest solo album Cold Sea on the scenic coast of Donegal. In contrast to the former project's sound, Cold Sea makes for a solitary affair, with its pensive progressions and Arthur Russell-esque vocal feints conjuring ideas of an embrace of formative aloneness and its making in an old schoolhouse implying undertones of childhood recollection. With former Dylan sidekick Tony Garnier on bass, and Donal Lunny on distinctive bouzouki duties, Cold Sea is a wild, moss-stricken coastal invocation, told via the trusty media that are folk style and vintage gear.