Cork band The Hard Ground turn to Fund: It for second album

Cork folk and roots band, the Hard Ground, are appealing to their fans for funds to record their second album — having gained a healthy following with their debut album, Broken Conversations.

Members Marlene Enright, Pat Carey, Dave Duffy, Davie Ryan, and Hugh Dillon have put together a Fund: It campaign to crowdsource €8,000 for the cost of recording, mixing, mastering, and manufacturing the album, entitled Triptych.

“We self-funded the first album in its entirety, through a mixture of savings and loans. It’s no secret that being in an original band, initially, is difficult and we certainly didn’t get back what we put into that album, in financial terms, which is something you have to accept from the get-go,” says keyboardist and co-vocalist, Enright. “We simply could not afford to make a second album on our own.”