Shane Barry - vocals, guitars, mandolin, banjo
John Daly - drums, vocals, percussion
Jamie Barden - keys
Nathan Power - bass
Sean Kennedy - trumpet
Hugh Beglin - trumpet
Mickey Rowe - saxaphone
Influences
Any of these albums. If you don't have them, get them!!!
'Raindogs'- Tom Waits; 'Don't Stand Me Down'- Dexys; 'Ram'- Paul McCartney; 'In A Silent Way'- Miles Davis; 'Abbey Road'- Beatles; 'Endtroducing'- DJ Shadow; 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'- Wilco; 'John Barleycorn'- Traffic; 'Steve McQueen'- Prefab Sprout; 'No.1 Record'- Big Star; 'Aladdin Sane'- David Bowie; 'Desire'- Bob Dylan; 'Get Happy'- Elvis Costello; 'London Calling'- The Clash; 'Honky Chateau'- Elton John; 'Village Green'- Kinks; 'Hot August Night'- Neil Diamond; 'Music From Big Pink'- The Band; 'Nebraska'- Bruce Springsteen; 'Parklife'- Blur; 'Sticky Fingers'- The Stones; 'In Memphis'- Elvis; 'Transformer'- Lou Reed
Sounds Like
The bastard children of the Beatles, the Clash and Motown licking ice-cream in the summer rain!
THE DISTRACTIONS are an irish band about to release their first
single KITES (july 09) from their debut album titled RADIO FRICTION
(distraction music/rmg)sept 09.
Hailing from Waterford,
Shane Barry has created one of the freshest and skillfully crafted
debut albums to appear out of these shores in recent years.
If you can imagine ORANGE JUICE playing the songs of JOE STRUMMER
then you wouldn't be far off. The album RADIO FRICTION was
itself mastered by STUART HAWKES of AMY WINEHOUSE fame and produced
by Barry.
The distractions combine tight rhythms with a killer brass
section, leaving just the right amount of space for Barry's very
distinctive voice and guitar playing, PAUL WESTERBURG would spring
to mind on first listen.
This is just an introduction to Shane and the Distractions ,who are
currently in the middle of an Irish tour to promote their new split
vinyl only 7' release A MAN CALLED GERALD on primate records and
available from all shows and from
www.myspace.com/shanebarryofficial
The new single KITES, which will be available from itunes and
downloadmusic.ie (july 12th), has been receiving great
press and radio play on promo release and
will be preceded by a full tour/radio/tv promo campaign.
Check national press for tour details,
or go to www.myspace.com/shanebarryofficial for further press
details/tours/bookings and highlights from Shane's SHOWS with RON
SEXSMITH/THE PALE/DAVID KITT/
Shane Barry and the Distractions are recently back from the u.k
where a distribution deal has been secured with split lip records
with licensing secured for spain/france/japan and a full release, European tour scheduled for sep onwards.
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