Past shows.........................................................
20 June: O Meu Mercedes, Porto, Portugal
19 June: Subscuta, Barcelos, Portugal
17 April: Kings Head, London (w/ Dan Michaelson)
15 April: The Cellar, Oxford (w/ Papercuts)
8 April: The Slaughtered Lamb, London (w/ Stornoway)
2 April: Oxjam at The Troubadour, London (solo show w/ Alessi's Ark, etc)
19 March: Sala Apolo 2, Barcelona (w/ Duke Special)
17 March: Norwich Arts Centre (w/ Emily Barker)
8 March: The London Word Festival Bardens Boudoir
18 February: Betsey Trotwood, London, (w/ Soy Un Caballo)
27 January: Luminaire, London (w/ Gregor Samsa)
17 January: De Droge Coo, Ostend, Belgium
16 January: Le Salon, Silly, Belgium
15 January 2009: Concertzaal Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium (w/ Finn.)
3 December: Wilmington Arms, London
22 November: Blue Bird Festival, Vienna (w/ Okkervil River, etc)
6 November: Union Chapel, London (w/ Damien Jurado)
24 October: Black house blues, Avellino, Italy
23 October: Jarmusch Club, Caserta, Italy
22 October: Init Club, Rome (w/ Bobby and Blumm)
20 October: Teatro Alla Cartiera, Rovereto Italy
19 October: Mattatoio Club, Carpi, Italy
18 October: Spaziomusica, Pavia, Italy
16 October: La Laiterie, Strasbourg, (w/ Emily Jane White and Mariee Sioux)
4 October: Comme a La Maison Festival, Brussels
26 September: Crawdaddy, Dublin (w/ Bowerbirds)
24 September: Auntie Annie’s, Belfast (w/ Bowerbirds)
11 August: The Miller, London
27 July: Festival De Sedieres, France (w/ Woven Hand and Natacha Atlas)
26 July: Le Divan du Monde, Paris, France
22 July: The Macbeth, London (w/ The Monroe Transfer)
18 July: Analog Festival, Dublin
12 June: Radio session for Rory McConnell (BBC Radio1)
9 June: The 12 Bar Club, London
23 May: Le grand mix, Tourcoing, France (w/ Scout Niblett)
22 May: Quarantaine, Brussels
21 May: Le café de la danse, Paris (w/ The Mabuses)
20 May: FNAC, Forum des Halles, Paris
19 May: Septieme ciel, Paris
29 April: The Macbeth, London
19 April: Future Shorts @ The Roundhouse, London
5 March 2008: Catch, London
18 December: La Java, Paris (w/ Rothko and A moi)
8 December: Big Chill House, London
3 November: 1 Bis, Paris
1 November: Nevers-a-vif Festival, France
31 October 2007: La Peniche, Toulouse, France
Drowned in Sound: 'a record that only Bon Iver's ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ has really rivalled in recent months. 'We're Becoming Islands One By One' could be remembered as one of 2008's best of its kind in years to come'. 8/10'
BBC: 'beautifully understated... one of Grundle's great strengths is his lyrics'
The Word magazine: 'Grundle is emerging as one of our great off-centre songwriters'
Rock n Reel: 'An extraordinary introduction to a hugely talented artist... exquisite'
Losing Today: 'Tenderly focused, sparsely delivered and exquisitely tailored... 'we're becoming islands one by one' is a moment of refinement and rare beauty. An understated treasure if ever we heard one.'
Telerama: 'Confidentiel et flamboyant... une suite de révélations.'
Arte tv: 'Un magnifique album Pop-Folk qui a le pouvoir d’arrêter le temps.'
The Guardian: 'his voice breaks exquisitely between hope and despair in songs that the acoustic guitar was invented for'
Dazed and Confused: 'a one-man show that owes his lilting metaphysical lyricism to the
likes of Nick Drake, Elliot Smith and John Martyn. It's good to know
that there are people like him out there'
Stuart Bailie (BBC Radio): 'Just as Sufjan Stevens has been moved to celebrate the quirks and character of the United States, so Dale Grundle is devising his own charts, full of wonder, dread and reverie. Can't wait to see where he takes us next.'
The Sleeping Years is the new project for ex-Catchers singer Dale Grundle.
The Sleeping Years started with a trilogy of EPs, ‘You and Me Against The World’,, ‘Setting fire to sleepy towns’ and 'Clocks and clones'. They garnered critical acclaim, featuring on BBC Radio 1’s Introducing, the Guardian’s writer’s play list and on the cover mount of Rolling Stone and Word Magazine.
The debut album 'We're becoming islands one by one' was released in 2008 on Talitres Records in France and by Rocketgirl in the UK and Ireland.
Dale was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland to an Irish father and a Scottish mother and started his first band Catchers while at school. Their first single ‘Cotton Dress’ came out on Setanta Records and became single of the week in Melody Maker. Their debut album ‘Mute’ was recorded with Mike Hedges (U2, Manic Street Preachers, Travis) in France. Dale went on to tour with Pulp, Edwyn Collins, The Divine Comedy, Dr. John and Oasis. Catchers recorded their second album ‘Stooping to Fit’ with Nick Drake’s arranger Robert Kirby writing string and brass section parts for some of the songs.
On ‘We’re becoming Islands One By One”Dale performs all vocals and guitars, not to mention bass, Hammond organ, Rhodes piano and e-bow parts. The Sleeping Years have recently toured across France, Italy, Belgium, Ireland and the UK, including dates supporting Bowerbirds, Damien Jurado, Scout Niblett and Okkervil River.
Each EP costs £4.99 including postage and packing.
'Clocks and clones' EP
TSYEP03
Design by Pika Pika.
Each cd is held in a wrap-around paper sleeve featuring printed lyrics.
The sleeve is contained in a hand made blue paper box with a perforated strip. The box is debossed with the name of the EP on the front and contains a silk screened design on the inside.
1 'Clocks and clones'
2 'Nearly got it made'
3 'Streamlined'
4 'Untroubled'
5 'Strays'
Limited to 750 copies, all signed and numbered.
'Setting fire to sleepy towns' EP
TSYEP02
Released 2007. Limited to 750 copies, all signed and numbered. Sold out on CD.
'You and me against the world' EP
TSYEP01 Released 2007. Limited to 500 copies, all numbered and signed.Sold out on CD.
All 3 EPs - 'You and me against the world' EP, 'Setting fire to sleepy towns' EP and 'Clocks and clones' EP are available to buy on iTunes, emusic, etc
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