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[philbrooks]

First Damien Rice Interview In Three Years In Hot Press

18 Dec 2009

Damien Rice has broken a three year silence to speak to Hot Press, in an in depth interview that appears in the Hot Press Annual, which hit shops today.

Rice talks openly and in detail about the difficult circumstances surrounding the split with Lisa Hannigan, as well as looking back on the extraordinary story of his rise to international success.



"It is an impressively honest and open interview," Niall Stokes, editor of Hot Press says. "In so many ways, Damien seems to be in a really good place, in that he has achieved a perspective on all of the tumultuous events of the past ten years. I think people will come away from reading it with a far greater insight into the life of a musician, and especially one who was never driven by a burning ambition to sell millions of records. But he doesn't spare himself from criticism for the things that went wrong. I think that there will be a really positive reaction to what he has to say."


In the interview, conducted by Olaf Tyaransen, Damien Rice also talks about the new recording work he is currently engaged in and proposes the prospect of a Mediterranean tour, which would be undertaken in a boat.
The Hot Press Annual is out now.

Read the actual interview, he says he is still in love with her but she wont talk to him.

Worth a read.

 

[ann post]

i couldn't be holed buying hot press ever ever again. copy and paste it into the thread.
also:

Damien seems to be in a really good place
....."


...he says he is still in love with her but she wont talk to him..

he's in such a good place he talks to his ex via the press. sap.

 

[Jelly_Block]

The Hotpress Annual- what a great Christmas present. Phil, you've sorted my life out mate.

 

[philbrooks]

i couldn't be holed buying hot press ever ever again.

You dont want to know what are the 250 Greatest Irish Albums of all time are (again)?

The Hotpress Annual- what a great Christmas present. Phil, you've sorted my life out mate.

There is always that Hotbox yoke for €70 if want to push the boat out

 

[ann post]

You dont want to know what are the 250 Greatest Irish Albums of all time are (again)?

well:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1219/1224260976188.html

VAN MORRISON’S 1968 masterpiece Astral Weeks remains the choice of some of Ireland’s top musicians as the best Irish album.

U2’s The Edge, Shane MacGowan, Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, Glen Hansard, composer Bill Whelan, Sharon Corr, Gavin Friday and Laura Izibor as well as members of The Sawdoctors, The Blizzards, The Coronas, Republic of Loose and dozens more bands and musicians all participated in the poll for the 250 greatest Irish albums for Hot Press magazine.

The poll, published in the magazine yesterday, was last carried out in 2004.

The enduring appeal of Astral Weeks is no surprise.

Last year Morrison celebrated the 40th anniversary of the album’s release by playing it in its entirety at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

The album entitled Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl and a DVD of the same name were released earlier this year.

In a rare interview, Morrison said he decided to play the songs live because the album had received no promotion on its release from Warner Brothers.

Morrison said the album was “timeless and unchanging”.

U2’s 1991 album Achtung Baby at number two is chosen ahead of The Joshua Tree (number 5), which has often featured on the top of best Irish albums polls. The albums are usually reversed in best-of polls.

Thin Lizzy’s classic Live and Dangerous , which was voted the best live album of all time by Classic Rock magazine, comes in at number three, while the choice of The Irish Times music critics of greatest Irish album, My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless , is at number four.

Whipping Boy’s little known 1995 album Heartworm is at number six, The Undertones’ self-titled debut, with its single Teenage Kicks , is at number seven and The Pogues’ Rum, Sodomy and the Lash is at number eight.

The only new entries in the top 10 from the last poll are Ash’s album 1977 and Damien Rice’s O .

Morrison’s 1970 album Moondance is at number 11. He has 11 entries in the top 250, U2 have nine and Rory Gallagher has seven.

Cathy Davey’s Tales of Silversleeve is the highest new entry outside the top 10 at number 19, followed by Fionn Regan’s The End of History at number 20.

Other prominent new entrants are two albums from last year – Jape’s Ritual at number 28 and Lisa Hannigan’s Sea Sew at number 29. Damien Dempsey’s Seize the Day is at number 30.

Julie Feeney’s album Pages , which was released earlier this year, made it to number 55.

 

[Cryptid]

D'ya see Rolling Stone has given Album of the Year to No Line On The Horizon by U2?

 

[Serpico]

Wow, there's one way to underline your utter irrelevance in the modern world, and in the area of music criticism in particular.

 

[Cryptid]

Lol, yeah. It actually makes Hot Press look not too bad. Weird.

 

[lympog]

Read the actual interview, he says he is still in love with her but she wont talk to him.

Worth a read.

i hear pulling one's eyes out is thrilling good folly

leigh

 

[Cormcolash]

I might give the albums that came last on that list a listen, they might be good

 

[aoboa]

I might give the albums that came last on that list a listen, they might be good

I got number 99 once

 

[GO]

I got number 99 once

.|..|::clef:::heart:

Anyway,who needs poxy Hotpress when we've got Thumped?

Its nearly fucking 2010 for fucks sake!!ninjaaaa

 

[philbrooks]

I might give the albums that came last on that list a listen, they might be good

#250 is The Coranas

 

[lympog]

#250 is The Coranas

not a good sign - i assume hot press ran out of good albums fairly quickly, right? any chance you could post up the top 250 so that i won't have to waste my money??

leigh

 

[thickaspigshit]

did 'casual sex in the cineplex' make the top 10?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

why on earth would anyone care about this stuff?

 

[lympog]

why on earth would anyone care about this stuff?

meh... sex sells, apparently

 

[ratmonkey]

I thought this was going to be about Damo Suzuki. Bah.

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

my favourite hot press cover is the one with glen hansard on the front.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I thought this was going to be about Damo Suzuki. Bah.

I thought it was about the udder Damo.

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