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Cross traditional Irish alt folk with US folk miserabilists such as Smog and the result is this minimal, pared-down, fragile slice of singer-songwriting that no iPod should be without. It may be a style of music that’s ten-a-penny these days, but that only makes artists such as Adrian Crowley, who stand out from the crowd, all the more impressive.
ALBUM REVIEW: Opening track Bless Our Tiny Hearts is bleak and beautiful, as is the third offering, Star Of The Harbour, both recalling the archetypal forlorn troubadour strumming a lonely guitar on a sea wall as the storm clouds gather. In between, These Icy Waters adds more instruments to the mix to brighten things up a bit.
The songs slip from solo acoustic to more layered offerings with aid where appropriate from musicians including Marja Tuhkanen on violin, the over-worthwhile James Yorkston on additional vocals, clarinet, concertina and guitar, Sinead Nic Gearailt on harp, Katie Ellis on cello and Thomas Haugh on drums.
Crowley’s helpers never intrude, nor take over completely, simply boosting songs
such as Walk On Part to a level above just another offering from a dead-pan
bloke with a battered guitar. Here in particular the ability of the additional
instruments to echo the cruel waves of a cold sea make the song rather than
ALBUM REVIEW: Opening track Bless Our Tiny Hearts is bleak and beautiful, as is the third offering, Star Of The Harbour, both recalling the archetypal forlorn troubadour strumming a lonely guitar on a sea wall as the storm clouds gather. In between, These Icy Waters adds more instruments to the mix to brighten things up a bit.
The songs slip from solo acoustic to more layered offerings with aid where appropriate from musicians including Marja Tuhkanen on violin, the over-worthwhile James Yorkston on additional vocals, clarinet, concertina and guitar, Sinead Nic Gearailt on harp, Katie Ellis on cello and Thomas Haugh on drums.
Crowley’s helpers never intrude, nor take over completely, simply boosting songs
such as Walk On Part to a level above just another offering from a dead-pan
bloke with a battered guitar. Here in particular the ability of the additional
instruments to echo the cruel waves of a cold sea make the song rather than
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Long Distance Swimmer
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A Northern Country
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When You Are Here You Are Family
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Star Of The Harbour
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Walk On Part
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These Icy Waters
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Victoria
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Theft By Starlight
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Shoutbox
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strajnic wrote:
Bless Our Tiny Hearts!
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TippinMyStuff wrote:
nice song!!!! nice band!!!!
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mboles wrote:
Great Stuff!! Looking 4ward to seeing him open for Vetiver in London!!
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alexchatbot wrote:
why are some of the similar artists so off? josef locke?
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Videos
Events
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Dec
4
James Yorkston
Kellys, Bridge St, Galway, Ireland
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Dec
5
Homelights
The Black Box, Belfast, Ireland
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Dec
12
3EPKANO
Mill Street Studio Mill Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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News
'Fresh Air' with Donal Dineen, Wednesday 4th Nov. + Live At The Odessa, Thursday…
3 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/adriancrowley
HelloThe fine Donal Dineen has invited me on his show tomorrow night (Wednesday Nov. 4th)to talk and play some live tunes, as a part of the 'Fresh Air' series which is running for the month of Novembe. …
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20 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/adriancrowley
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keeff57, sophiegeary and sahasaha added Adrian Crowley to their libraries. yesterday evening
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