FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO — 30 OCTOBER 2026
The horses are here. On the eve of Halloween, in the Year of the Fire Horse, Séa Byrne unleashes Horses, a minor-key stampede and the new single from his second album, Scorched Earth, out in January.
The timing is no accident. The Fire Horse comes round once every sixty years, a sign of courage, freedom and momentum, and of a time when hidden things rise to the surface. His horses carry all of it. Sinister forces are at work, night closes in, the air thickens and the heat climbs. The horses ride out to meet them.
Producer Daniel Aceves keeps the drums charging and the guitars snarling, clearing space for Byrne to lead the hook like a terrace chant. Feed the horse, over and over, building with each bar, until the horse breaks free and the flames take hold. By the final stretch the song has moved from warning to summons, a call to stand against injustice and find the nerve the year demands.
““They’re burning the fire. Smoke on the horizon. Galloping horses, the temperature’s rising.”
– Horses, Séa Byrne, 2026
Horses follows Be Free, which entered the AltQ Radio Top 20 this month. Carlos “Charlie” Santana mixed and mastered the track in Puerto Vallarta.
Factsheet
Artist
Séa Byrne
Title
Horses
Genre
Alt Rock / Alt Pop
Release date
30 October 2026
Album
Scorched Earth, January 2027
Produced by
Daniel Aceves
Mixed and mastered by
Carlos “Charlie” Santana
Recorded in
Guadalajara, México
Artwork
Séa Byrne. No AI used.
Streaming
All major platforms
ABOUT SÉA BYRNE
Séa Byrne is an Irish alt-pop and alt-rock artist based in Guadalajara, México. He writes from the fault lines, where personal grief meets global crisis and dark satire meets stubborn hope. Horses is the new single from Scorched Earth, out in January. seabyrne.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO — 31 JULY 2026
Guadalajara, México. 31 July 2026.Be Free, the new single from Irish singer-songwriter Séa Byrne, is a summer song about sticking together. The sun comes back. So do they.
He asks for a lot in it: freedom, feeling, survival, the pure life, second chances and, while he’s at it, cash advances. Leaving gets floated twice, and twice gets the same answer: we could, but why? There’s nothing else better than this love to try.
Then the chorus, where he owns up. Instigator, generator, dominator, human nature. A generous self-assessment, delivered with a grin. And after each one, the same promise: but I’ll see you, sooner or later. The sun will return. Fun always stays. And he spends the last word on the one he loves: be free who you want to be.
“They say if you love someone, set them free. You accept your own faults first, then theirs, and then they accept yours. What you get out the far side of that is a freedom you can’t get on your own.”
– Séa Byrne, 2026
Be Free arrives ahead of Scorched Earth, Byrne’s second album. Produced by Daniel Aceves. Mixed and mastered by Carlos “Charlie” Santana.
Byrne’s recent singles Liberation and What You Lost both reached #1 on the AltQ Top 20. His May release Hope in Your Heart, inspired by Palestinian musician Ahmed Muin Abu Amsha, continues to raise funds for Save the Children.
Séa Byrne is an Irish alt-pop and alt-rock artist based in Guadalajara, México, who writes from the fault lines, where personal grief meets global crisis and dark satire meets stubborn hope. Be Free is the new single from Scorched Earth, out 09 October. seabyrne.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO — 01 May 2026
Séa Byrne Releases “Hope in Your Heart” — A Three-Act Indie Rock Anthem Inspired to Completion by the Story of Palestinian Musician Ahmed Abu Amsha, In Aid of Save the Children.
Irish artist Séa Byrne releases powerful new single challenging global indifference — a song that sat unfinished until the story of one man on a beach in Gaza provided its missing message of hope. Available now on all platforms, with Bandcamp purchases going to Save the Children.
Irish indie rock artist Séa Byrne today releases “Hope in Your Heart”, a three-act anthem that moves from the rubble of a warzone through a biting satirical portrait of western indifference, to a soaring rallying cry for musicians everywhere. The single is available on all major streaming platforms and as a pay-what-you-want download at seabyrne.bandcamp.com/track/hope-in-your-heart, with all Bandcamp purchases going to Save the Children.
The song’s origin is as extraordinary as its subject matter. Byrne began writing “Hope in Your Heart” in Guadalajara, México, overwhelmed by the relentless tide of global conflict, war crimes, and human suffering playing out on screens across the world. The first two sections took shape quickly — Act One placing the listener inside the terror of a warzone; Act Two, delivered as darkly satirical spoken word, skewering a billionaire class hoarding wealth while wars burn and a western world scrolling past destruction to place another online order. But the song stalled. It had truth. It had anger. What it could not find was hope.
That changed the day Byrne saw Ahmed Abu Amsha on television. It wasn’t Ahmed who completed the song — it was his story. Watching him play guitar and teach music to children on that beach, Byrne found what the song had been searching for: hope.
A Palestinian musician, composer, and music educator, Abu Amsha is the founder of Gaza Birds Singing — a group of displaced children and teachers who have continued making music throughout the conflict in Gaza. Displaced over ten times since October 2023, his two homes and recording studio destroyed, Abu Amsha has been teaching music to children and adults on a beach in Nuseirat beneath a parachute canopy fashioned from aid-drop materials, using instruments built from salvaged parts — guitar strings made from bicycle cables, flutes fashioned from plastic pipes.
His story was the hope the song had been searching for. Act Three was written and completed that same day.
“With your voice and guitar, yeah you made a difference with your commitment.”
“Hope In Your Heart” is ultimately a global call: that in a fractured world, the most revolutionary act is to get back up, keep playing, keep teaching, and bring peace and love back into the world. Produced and mixed in México by Daniel Aceves and Carlos “Charlie” Santana.
Here’s to all the musicians out there — it’s time for us to bring back hope.
TRACK INFORMATION
Artist: Séa Byrne Title: Hope in Your Heart Genre: Indie Rock Release date: 01 May 2026 Produced by: Daniel Aceves Mixed by: Carlos “Charlie” Santana Recorded in: Guadalajara, México Artwork: Julián Becerra Charity: Save the Children (Bandcamp purchases only) Bandcamp: seabyrne.bandcamp.com/track/hope-in-your-heart Streaming: All major platforms
ABOUT SÉA BYRNE
Séa Byrne is an Irish indie rock artist based in Guadalajara, México, who writes from the fault lines — where personal grief meets global crisis, where dark satire meets stubborn hope. Produced and mixed in México by Daniel Aceves and Carlos “Charlie” Santana, “Hope In Your Heart” is a song that almost didn’t get finished — and was completed in a single day when the story of Palestinian musician Ahmed Abu Amsha provided its missing message of hope. seabyrne.com
ABOUT AHMED ABU AMSHA
Ahmed Abu Amsha is a Palestinian musician, composer, and music educator based in Gaza. He is the founder of Gaza Birds Singing, a musical group of displaced children and music teachers formed during the ongoing conflict. Despite being displaced over ten times since October 2023, Abu Amsha has continued teaching music to children and adults in displacement camps, using instruments fashioned from salvaged materials. His story — of undefeated commitment to music in the face of total devastation — provided the message of hope at the heart of “Hope In Your Heart.” His work can be found at songsfromtherubble.com and @gazabirdssinging on Instagram.
ABOUT SAVE THE CHILDREN
Save the Children is one of the world’s leading independent organisations for children, working in over 100 countries to save children’s lives, fight for their rights, and help them fulfil their potential. All Bandcamp purchases of “Hope In Your Heart” go directly to Save the Children. savethechildren.net
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Guadalajara, México — 13 February 2026
Irish artist Séa Byrne unveils his 16th single and 24th release overall, Clayface — an explosive, freeform alt-rock anthem that confronts the pessimism and nihilism creeping through modern society and blasts through it with raw, transformative energy.
Released Friday, February 13, 2026 as Byrne’s first offering of the new year, Clayface is the fifth track in his bold sonic reinvention since debut album Blue Skies. Where that record showcased tropical indie warmth, Byrne has evolved into edgier alt-rock territory — fully coming into his own with a second album on the horizon that promises to be his true Empire Strikes Back moment.
Produced by @dan_electro_x (Daniel Acevedo) in Guadalajara and co-produced, mixed and mastered by @prosantana.mx (Carlos “Charlie” Santana) in Puerto Vallarta, México, the track abandons verse-chorus structure for stream-of-consciousness urgency — Byrne’s own Ulysses.
“We’re surrounded by bitterness and spite — people desperate for safe spaces to escape the exhausting performance of saving face,” says Byrne. “Music has been my lifeline through those rough moments and impossible people. Clayface is about breaking through that darkness to reach something true: when music becomes your light, there’s nothing in this world you can’t handle. That’s not optimism — that’s survival transformed into strength.”
With driving drums and pulsing guitars, the track builds into a relentless mantra before detonating into cathartic release. It’s visceral alt-rock at its most uncompromising — proving that sonic fury and emotional honesty can shatter even the heaviest atmosphere of collective disillusionment.
Recommended for fans of Radiohead, IDLES, James Blake, and Fontaines D.C. Clayface is available to download and stream from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Bandcamp, and all major platforms.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Guadalajara, Mexico — 7 November 2025
SÉA BYRNE RELEASES “ETERNITY” — AN ALT-POP LOVE BALLAD ABOUT CONNECTION THAT TRANSCENDS TIME
Irish artist Séa Byrne unveils his new single, Eternity — a soaring alt-pop love ballad that finds light in the darkness. Following his recent trilogy of protest and empowerment anthems (Liberation, Catching Up, and What You Lost), Eternity turns inward, offering something rare in Byrne’s catalogue: a pure expression of love, faith, and lasting connection.
Produced by Daniel Aceves in Guadalajara and co-produced, mixed and mastered by Carlos “Charlie” Santana in Puerto Vallarta, Eternity merges lush synth layers, emotive vocals, and cinematic alt-pop textures to create a timeless soundscape. It’s intimate yet expansive — a ballad that speaks to both the personal and the universal.
“At Jupiter you will find me, my love for you; it will last for eternity.“
– Eternity – Séa Byrne, 2025
“In a dark world, it’s time to bring in the love,” says Byrne. “Eternity is about soul connection — that deep, unbreakable bond that goes beyond time, beyond even life itself. It’s both romantic and spiritual — a song about hope, devotion, and the courage to love endlessly.”
Eternity continues Séa Byrne’s evolution into a darker, more reflective alt-pop sound — a space where protest meets poetry, and love remains the ultimate revolution.
Recommended for fans of artists like James Blake, Troye Sivan, Rhye, Perfume Genius, and Moses Sumney,Eternity is a soulful, cinematic meditation on love that transcends time. The single and official music video are available now on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and all major streaming platforms.
