David Turpin

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On October 16, 2009, musician/artist David Turpin released "Haunted!", his supernaturally-themed second album. s first record, "The Sweet Used-To-Be", was among the most critically acclaimed Irish débuts of 2008. On October 16, 2009, he will release his second album, the supernaturally-themed "Haunted!"

David started the album at home, continued it in a secluded cottage in rural Carlow with Derek Dodd, and finished it with Stephen Shannon in his rather more urbane studio. Conor O’Brien of Villagers plays guitar on four songs and sings on a fifth. Cathy Davey sings on one song. Cora Venus Lunny plays violin and viola on seven songs. The lovely Carla Amelia Gallagher provides backing vocals, and the hounds of hell also make an appearance. All the songs touch, to a greater or lesser degree, on spooks, spectres, and transfiguration.

Songs from "Haunted!" may be heard manifesting themselves on David's MySpace music player.

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Here are some complimentary things that people have said about David Turpin and 'Haunted!':

"4/5 - A very fine record indeed" - Hot Press

"Scarily good" - The Star

"4/5 - Distinctive and sophisticated [...] Possessed of a beautifully dry wit" - Sunday Business Post

"Deliciously experimental [...] quietly sensational" - AU Magazine

"Weird and wonderful [...] The year's strangest electronic pop album" - Martin Burns, News of the World

"Highly original" - Tony Clayton-Lea, The Irish Times

"4/5 - Surreal [...] Classy [...] Captivating" - Totally Dublin

"Highly polished [...] Deliciously stylised" - Nick Kelly, Irish Independent

"4/5 - Unique... Turpin displays an uncanny ability to challenge the listener" - eightball.ie

"Beautiful [...] as beguiling as the best of 2009" - RTE.ie

"A definite to feature in the top end of the Best Albums of 2009" - Phantom 105.2 I-CON Album of the Month

"It was about time somebody got around to making an Irish gothic synth-pop album" - Metro Albums of the Year 2009



David Turpin's first album, "The Sweet Used-To-Be" was among the most critically acclaimed Irish débuts of 2008. Some charming critiques of it are provided below:

"Deliciously dark and dreamy [...] Already sounds like one of the albums of the year" - Nick Kelly, Irish Independent

"Deploying a wintery warble and gently chiming synths, he's produced a singular debut, a record steeped in bathos and mystery" (****) - Hot Press

"Truly different [...] likely to be among the best Irish albums released this year" - John Meagher, Irish Independent

"The best Irish album I've heard this year" - Martin Burns, News of the World

"Gorgeously stark debut album [...] a super-introverted fusion of Prince and Leonard Cohen" (****) - Metro

"Glistens with whimsical electro-folk [...] A boy whose heart unashamedly beats pop" - State

"Confident, endearing and just a little bit different [...] he could be the love child of the Pet Shop Boys and a Velvet Underground slow number" - The Irish Times

"This year’s most strikingly original Irish album" - Analogue Magazine

"With the release of this excellent debut, his hour has surely come" (****) - Sunday Business Post

Member Since:

April 06, 2006

Influences:

Emily Bronte, Helen Chadwick, e e cummings, Lady Dedlock, Errol Flynn, M. R. James, Margot Kidder, Franz Marc, Rev. Charles Maturin, Ann Peebles and Arthur Russell.

Record Label:

Kabinet (davidturpininfo@gmail.com)