Rob Hope (Guitar & Vocals), Yvonne Conaty (Bass & Vocals), Brendan O Gorman (Lead Guitar) & Daragh O Loughlain (Drums).
Influences
Kashmir, Kila (We sound nothing like them but goddamn they're the best), Jeff and Tim Buckley, Tom Wait's, Nick Drake, Bjork, Interpol, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins (circa 'Eva Adore'), 22, Neil Young, Led Zepplin, Sigur Ros, Massive Attack, Tommy Emmanuel (Once again, nothing to do with our stuff but the man can play), Robert Johnson, Any good Bluegrass, and so many more..............
Sounds Like
Available only in Ireland
Or else you can purchase the album at www.seneca.ie
THE LIMERICK LEADER -
"SENECA Combine the heartfelt sincerity of Damien Rice's lyrics with the lush and anthemic sounds of Snow Patrol to startling effect."
THE LIMERICK INDEPENDENT -
"Without question one of the most promising and talented Irish bands to have emerged in recent years"
'GREEN AND LIVE' LIVE 95FM -
"Mother of Christ, this is fantastic, absolutely fantastic"
HOTPRESS MAGAZINE -
"A band with a knack for taking big and bold jabs at the heartstrings, they blend sweeping arrangements with naked emotional lyrics to create a very anthemic and mainstream sound. This Limerick four-piece could have a very bright future ahead of them if their forthcoming debut album Sweeter Than Bourbon is anything to go by."
FREQUENCY-IRELAND.COM -
"Warm, propulsive, melodic, anthemic and emotive"
THE LIMERICK WEEKENDER -
"Soaring, anthemic melodies that will stick in your head long after you hear them"
THE LIMERICK POST -
"Spanning the emotional spectrum, from touchingly heartfelt to dark and menacing, Seneca's is the sort of music you could bring home to your mother but wouldn't sound out of place near a mosh pit"
In mid 2005, SENECA won the Limerick heat of the Jack Daniels Hardest Working Band competition. They then won the 2006 University of Limerick Battle of the bands competition.
2007 SENECA supported: Republic of Loose, Director, Fred, The Hitchers and The Frank and Walters. The band also had one of their songs ('So Beautiful') selected for the Ceol '07 album which was launched in March and includes songs from Bell x1, The Corrs, Kila, Paddy Casey and many more popular Irish acts.
Aside from all this Seneca have been busy touring around Ireland, headlining in popular venues such as Crawdaddy; Cyprus Avenue; Roisin Dubh; Dolan's and Auntie Annies.
The end of 2007, Seneca's debut single SMILE entered the Irish Charts in its first week at 33 climbing to 27. Seneca's second single CLARITY, released on June 13th, went straight in at 19 in the charts.
Jackie Hayden of Hotpress added to the chorus of voices calling for the world to sit up and take notice of this band by making them his Pick of the Fortnight in Hotpress magazine
hey Lads, amazing show last week in the belltable, it sounded great! it really suited ye. are ye going to play a few gigs before ye head for the States?
Its rather fun to leave comments, and its very wonderful getting them, plus we get to say Hi too new and old friends! So Hello my friend and have a wonderful week...
no shit! the south will rise again! yeeeeeeeeeeeh!!!!, haaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wow! I never thought I would get such personalized service :) My husband met Garagh at Dolan's and brought me home a CD, I have been a fan ever since...
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