old friends at a celebration. Rumours era Fleetwood Mac singing at a party hosted by Talking Heads, gatecrashed by The Cars, throw in a bit of Phoenix and a wink to The Band and you have the idea.
The Chapters have been building to the release of their debut album for some time – since they formed in college. It is the culmination of years of passion and hard work.
It nearly didn't happen.
In 2008 the band gigged to large crowds nationwide supporting Neil Young, Cathy Davey, Chuck Berry & The Coronas to name but a few. On the back of interest in Looking for Love (the single released in 2007) the band entered into negotiations with a promising new company. The promise was short lived. Demos were recorded, producers contacted and meetings were had. By summer a deal was on the cards. While waiting for things to be ironed out, the band decamped to a disused factory, where they renovated a large bright rehearsal space. The core of the album was written, the songs were getting better and better. Confidence was high and everything was looking up. Then in September the bottom fell out.
The banking crisis hit and within a few weeks the label's backers pulled out and it was dissolved. The band was heartbroken. A year's planning, writing were dashed in a puff of smoke. Morale was low, coming into December doom and gloom was everywhere you looked. It would have been an easy time to throw in the towel. But, as fate or luck would have it, within a week the band were offered another deal, this time with 3u Records. They were passionate about the music and wanted to see it released. Within two months, a renewed determination and sense of hope, they were in the studio, putting down the album with up-and-coming Irish producer Ciaran Bradshaw.
The result is the debut album: Perfect Stranger. It is the sound of old friends at a celebration. Rumours era Fleetwood Mac singing at a party hosted by Talking Heads, gatecrashed by The Cars, throws in a bit of Phoenix and a wink to The Band and you have the idea. Perfect Stranger is out now on 3u Records. Videotapes', the first single from the album received great radio play listing from 98fm and is being championed by Today FM's Tony Fenton.The Dublin 5 Piece have been doing extensive touring around Ireland since he release of 'Perfect Stranger'. They have played 3 sold out Shows in Dublin in 2 months and also played Oxegen '09, INDIEPENDENCE ‘09 and, Castlepalooza ‘09 Arthurs Day Guinness 250, The Hot Press Music Show and played The Half –Time Show to a 20,000 Capacity Crowd at the Magners League Rugby match between and played Leinster and Munster. With the Success of ‘Perfect Stranger' both Irish and British Television have taken note. ‘Emmerdale', the English Television Series will use 4 tracks from the album on their soundtrack. Also RTE's ‘Raw' will use 3 tracks from ‘Perfect Stranger. With the Release of The Chapters 3rd Single ‘Moving', The Chapters embark on more Radio and Venue Touring Nationwide ending with a Headline show in The Academy on Dublin.
"Irresistibly catchy"
Colm O'Hare - Hot Press Magazine
"Traversing timelines to be modern without trying to be hip, trendy or cool"
Jennie Mulligan - Entertainment.ie
"Impossibly catchy"
CD of The Week - Una Mullally - Sunday Tribune
"Enormously Ambitious"
The Metro
"A little ray of hope that there is a future for Irish music"
The Galway Advertiser
“An excitingly catchy and engaging album that will require, nay demand, to be listened to over and over”
The Limerick Leader
"Seal of Approval"
Jim Jim Nugent 'Colm and Jim-Jim Breakfast Show' - RTE 2fm
"These Guys are gonna be big"
Tony Fenton - Today FM
"My Summer Listening. Contender for Album of the Year"
Michael Feeney Callan – RTE Radio 1
“As Polished as a Bank Manager’s Bentley"
Totally Dublin
Other nice things said about us in the past ....
"The Chapters find themselves nicely positioned somewhere between Smog and Talking Heads, a rug-cutting piece of funk-punk."
4 out 5 Kevin Courtney The Irish Times Review For Looking For Love ' 07
"The next big thing in 2009"
Claire Connellan, Dublin’s 98
"SHIT HOT!"
Sinister Pete, Phantom FM
"Something of a best kept secret. They could be your new favorite band, just give them a try."
Gareth Maher, Totally Dublin
" One of the best things to come out of Ireland in years "
Niall Stokes, Hot Press Magazine
We're launching our new EP "Dazzling Mess" @ the academy 2 this Friday 27th November Doors 7pm €8 in, Support from Vodkopter and Urban Folk Project :-) Hope to see you there!!
thanks for the add, you were great in the spirt store. have the album and loving it, hope to see you up north sometime, ill be back to see you next month in the spirt store
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