- Eoin Young (vocals/guitar/bass/cheesy keyboards)
- Derrick Dalton (guitar/bass/vocals & the svengali)
- Colm Fitzpatrick (bass/vocals/percussion)
- Niall McCormack (Keyboards)
- Darren Nolan (Drums)
email:- eoin@villa-r.com
Derrick Dalton RIP - Derrick passed away on Monday, September 29th, 2008 and we are truly devastated by the loss. He was a great musician, producer and friend. Sometimes life is too cruel.
Influences
- Gang of four
- The monochrome set
- Joy Division/New Order
- The Go Betweens
- The Smiths
- Violent femmes
- Throwing muses
- Tom Waits
- Josh Rouse
- Pre-Warner Bros REM
- The fall
- Pavement
- Velvet Underground
- MC Solaar
- Lynton Kwesi Johnson
- The Specials
- Nick Cave & the bad seeds
- The pixies
- Sonic youth
- Kraftwerk
- Beck
- Karate
- Grauzone
- Sigur Ros
- Interpol
- Clap your hands say yeah!
- The National
- Fugazi
- 4AD
- My bloody valentine
- The Strokes
- Arctic Monkeys
- Serbian Brass Bands
- The Power Puff Girls
- Six feet under
- Misha Glenny
- London Review of Books
- Richard Feynman
- Thierry Henry
- Patrick Mc Cabe
- King Cheese and Onion Crisps
Sounds Like
To date reviews have compared us to: Lloyd Cole, Nick Drake, The Go-betweens, Neil Young and Teenage Fanclub
Over the last few years, I (Eoin) have written a number of songs and decided last summer to try and record them. In one week in August 05, this group (the one you can see listed) all contributed to the making of this record. But without the efforts of Derrick who played on/arranged/engineered and produced the record, it could never have happened (Not even to mention that flashy solo on songs from the apex!). The result is the album called: Songs from the Apex.
Reviews of 'songs from the apex'
- Leonards Lair "Layers of indie guitars underpin the superb pop of 'Overred' and there will be few sunnier songs released this year than the jangly 'Full Sound'. 4/5."
- RTE (Irish national radio/TV) "Those who wear their love of sweet guitar melodies like a badge of honour should find that Villa R give them good reason to stick their chests out even further... their week together in a Dublin house in August 2005 has resulted in an album that gets the right mix between nostalgia and now and offers some special moments."
- Irish Times "Young is a heart-on-sleeve observer, capturing wry moments with a Lloyd Cole sensibility. Whether it's on familiar turf or poking around in new corners, Songs from the Apex threads a new seam in a well-worn genre. "Failed indie supergroup?" Don't think so."
- Road Records, Dublin "a selection of mostly acoustic based mellow pop sounds falling somewhere between the go betweens and grand prix era teenage fanclub"
- Indiepages "definitely something for everyone on here (MTQ=8/11)"
Buy 'Songs from the Apex' (on CD or digitally)
1. Directly from Villa R by clicking the Paypal link below (12 euro including p+p worldwide):
2. From Road Records, Dublin in person (Fade St 16B) or online by clicking the link (for 1 cent cheaper!)
Excuse this out of the blue comment and yes it’s one of those ‘all about us’ ones, but just wanted to let you know, we’re having our EP launch tomorrow (Friday 16th Oct) at the Crane Lane theatre here in Cork. It’s free to everyone and be great if by chance you happen to be around this way and wanted to drop in – Always good to meet people in the real world too!
We hope everything is going wonderful in your world, always stay true to yourself and continue on the best path you can choose. If your free and have the time to listen to a song please take a listen to one of ours<3
We also uploaded a new picture so please let us know what you think of it<3 Forever yours Forever Mine
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