With elements of alt. country, post rock and garage rock., Holy Ghost Fathers play the soundtrack some sort of demented Gothic ‘Country’n’Irish’ road movie. The band hails from Sligo and Dublin.
They launched their debut E.P. ‘Angelus Bell’ in 2002 to positive reviews from local press. ‘Angelus Bell’ was awarded Single of the Issue by the Dublin Event Guide
In 2003 the band released their debut album “Cock of the Walk”. The album was partly recorded in Sun Studios in Temple Bar, and in band’s own rehearsal space on North Frederick St, Dublin. Combining a wide range of influences, the album shows a marked progression of the band’s sound from the Lo-fi sounds of their debut E.P. to a larger, lush, more diverse sound. Through its 10 songs and 55 minutes the album veers from the sucker-punch garage rock wailing of opening track ’Cock of the Walk’ to the wistful post-rock bluegrass of the closer ’Blood in the Ground’. The track ‘9V Battery’ was used as the theme music to TG4 & RTE Greyhound racing show.
HGF also started the monthly live music club in Dublin called the BALLROOM OF ROMANCE
HGF are no more. A second album was recorded but remains unreleased, the fruits of which will be put up here at some stage.
Allen plays in the Spook of the Thirteenth Lock & Hounds and continues to run the Ballroom of Romance club. Phil plays in the Long Knives and Hoovers & Sledgehammers
Everyone at indiecater records would like to wish you a happy summer and let you know that there is an indiepop song from the Very Most available to download FREE from our site!
Ya a la venta el nuevo trabajo de SHAKE BEFORE USE "Shake Before Use" a través de la tienda on-line de Arindelle Records (http://www. arindelle. com) y a partir del 26 de mayo en tiendas.
Hi Holy Ghost Fathers hope you can make one of the dates below...
Devon Sproule's Ireland Tour 2008
3/06 Groucho’s Music Lounge Richhill 4/06 No Alibis Bookstore Belfast 5/06 Thyme Square Dromore 6/06 The Dufferin Arms Killyleagh 7/06 McQuaid’s Letterkenny 8/06 Gifted@The Empire Music Hall Belfast w/full band 10/06 Whelan’s Dublin w/full band 11/06 The Strand Bar Strandhill 12/06 Castlereagh Arts Centre Castlereagh
The Maybes have been nominated Best Myspace Act at the Danish Music Awards (which is a pretty big deal in Denmark). We’d really like to put that shiny statuette on our mantle piece back home. Please vote in our direction this week at www.myspace.com/danishmusicawards and tell all your friends to do the same.
Hi there, I'm launching my new album - Trampolonica - in Kennedy's on Dec 11th. It's a remix of the first one -Trampoline. Hope you can come! Some people on the album will do sets, as will we. Thanks...Miriam :)
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