One year ago today, The Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan passed away at the
age of 46. Prior to her death, she and the band had finished demoing a collection of new
material. Now, those songs will see release in the form of The Cranberries’ eighth and final
album.
“Dolores was so energized by the prospect of making this record and to getting back out
on the road to play the songs live,” the group’s Noel Hogan recalled the early days working
on the album. He also reflected on what it was like finishing the record following
O’Riordan’s death:“We knew this had to be one of the, if not the, best Cranberries album
that we could possibly do. The worry was that we would destroy the legacy of the band by
making an album that wasn’t up to standard. Once we had gone through all the demos that
Dolores and I had worked on and decided that we had such a strong album we knew it
would be the right thing and the best way that we could honour Dolores.”
