Dublin-based fiddle player, vocalist and composer Jayne Pomplas returns with her powerful new single “Mother Superior”, the final preview of her highly anticipated debut album THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS, due for release on September 11th.
Ahead of the release, Pomplas will perform a special showcase at Sludge Club, Lost Lane, Dublin, on Thursday, August 20th, before celebrating the album with a full launch party at The Liberties Lounge, Dublin, on Friday, September 25th.
The launch show promises to reflect the collaborative spirit of the album, with Patrick Stefan performing in support as he celebrates the release of his own EP, alongside a host of special guests who feature across Jayne’s musical world, including Luke Coffey, Niall Hughes, Adrian Crowley, Muckno, Eva Carroll, Jimmy Clarke, RVE and Juani Genovese.
Following the acclaimed singles “Hit Single” and “Ninety Nine,” Mother Superior finds Pomplas at her most introspective, delivering a haunting, cinematic piece that explores the constant battle between self-compassion and self-criticism.
Written as an imagined conversation with her own inner voice, the song examines identity, faith, expectation and the often impossible pursuit of goodness. It’s a deeply personal reflection wrapped in expansive arrangements that blur the boundaries between Irish traditional music, contemporary folk and neofolk.
Beginning with an intimate vocal and fiddle melody, the song gradually unfolds into an immersive soundscape featuring electric guitar, bassoon, keyboards, symphonic percussion and layered choral voices. Field recordings of Dublin’s church bells weave throughout the recording as a subtle tribute to The Chieftains’ The Bells of Dublin, grounding the song in Irish musical tradition while pushing confidently into a contemporary neofolk landscape.
With Mother Superior, Jayne Pomplas delivers one of the album’s emotional centrepieces—an arresting meditation on the voices we carry within ourselves and a striking example of an artist reshaping the possibilities of contemporary Irish folk music.
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