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Entitled Sometimes We See More In The Dark, this is just the fourth album from a band formed way back in 2004, in the hometown of The Artist Formerly Known As Niall Breslin, Mullingar. Success came early for The Blizzards, with their first album, A Public Display Of Affection (2006) going platinum and spawning three hit singles.
Nonetheless, in December 2009, The Blizzard went on hiatus, eventually returning in 2016. During his gap years, Breslin began writing songs for Simon Fuller’s hit factory in London whilst finally taking on his lifelong struggles with mental health.
Something of an over-achiever from an early age – before the pop stardom (and TV stardom with The Voice Of Ireland), the lad represented Westmeath in Gaelic football as a minor and went on to play rugby professionally for Leinster – the happy man sitting in his Greystones home this afternoon would seem an unlikely candidate for Generalised Anxiety Disorder.
The first LP from the band to feature Bressie’s much better half, Louize Carroll, on bass, Sometimes We See More In The Dark was unleashed on May 13th, followed by a launch party at Dublin’s Academy on Saturday 14th, a handy bus leaving Greystones at 6.30pm for the gig (contact Ian here
Bressie in Greystones WEDS27APR22
or many people, some definite good came out of our two years of living dangerously 
with a global pandemic.
or many people, some definite good came out of our two years of living dangerously 
with a global pandemic.For Bressie, loved up and locked down in his new Greystones home, it was a welcome chance to fully indulge in his first love.
“Just sitting here, writing song after song after song,” he smiles. “I must have written at least 50, and a lot of them were just fun throwaways – but every now and then, a song would stick. It would just swirl inside my head for days, and weeks, and then months.
“Just sitting here, writing song after song after song,” he smiles. “I must have written at least 50, and a lot of them were just fun throwaways – but every now and then, a song would stick. It would just swirl inside my head for days, and weeks, and then months.
“Those are the songs that we pulled together for the new album from The Blizzards…”
“Those are the songs that we pulled together for the new album from The Blizzards…”Entitled Sometimes We See More In The Dark, this is just the fourth album from a band formed way back in 2004, in the hometown of The Artist Formerly Known As Niall Breslin, Mullingar. Success came early for The Blizzards, with their first album, A Public Display Of Affection (2006) going platinum and spawning three hit singles. 
When the second album, Domino Effect, landed in 2008, the fact that it spawned four hit singles saw Island Records snatch up the band for the UK.
Nonetheless, in December 2009, The Blizzard went on hiatus, eventually returning in 2016. During his gap years, Breslin began writing songs for Simon Fuller’s hit factory in London whilst finally taking on his lifelong struggles with mental health. 
His memoir, Me And My Mate Jeffrey, won the 2015 Irish Book Award for popular non-fiction – Breslin having nicknamed his anxiety disorder Jeffrey.
Something of an over-achiever from an early age – before the pop stardom (and TV stardom with The Voice Of Ireland), the lad represented Westmeath in Gaelic football as a minor and went on to play rugby professionally for Leinster – the happy man sitting in his Greystones home this afternoon would seem an unlikely candidate for Generalised Anxiety Disorder. 
His simple belief that everybody hurts though led Breslin to a Masters in mindfulness-based interventions at UCD’s School of Psychology, with a PhD now firmly in his sights.
His simple belief that everybody hurts though led Breslin to a Masters in mindfulness-based interventions at UCD’s School of Psychology, with a PhD now firmly in his sights.Such work also led to the founding of A Lust For Life, the multi-award winning mental health charity for young people, and the creation of two successful podcasts, Where Is My Mind? and the more recent Wake Up/Wind Down.
Taking the piss…
to jump onboard). The following night, Sunday 15th, Bressie and the band were at The Whale, sharing stories and songs with local podcasting prince,