Hefty Horse: At Last An Atlas (album launch) with guests Windings (Saturday Feb 6th) (1 Viewer)

[thisgreg]

HeftyHorse: At Last An Atlas launch night + Windings

hefty horse presents:

At Last An Atlas

upstairs in whelans

Saturday February 6th

Doors: 8pm.

Admission: 7 euro.

At last an atlas was born and lives in Dublin Ireland. Currently he writes and records music in the house he grew up in using an organ, synths, sampler, nylon string guitar, vocals, noises and field recordings. At last an atlas' first release is called "Ships Leaving", it is a split album with Paul O'Reilly which was released on April 3rd 2009. His debut album "From Which We Were Raised" will be released on February 6th 2010.

plus special guest Windings​

 

[thisgreg]

Re: Hefty Horse: At Last An Atlas (album launch) with guests Windings (Saturday Feb 6

Hey,

New album "From Which We Were Raised" is out on Friday (5th of Feb) and the launch is on saturday (6th of Feb).

We're going to feature on the "listening post" tonight on Phantom 105.2 fm's Icon Show tonight (feb 3rd). There'll be an interview and songs from the new album, so tune in between 9 and 11pm.

Take care,

Greg

 

[Squalch]

Re: Hefty Horse: At Last An Atlas (album launch) with guests Windings (Saturday Feb 6

Looking forward to this, upstairs in whelans is perfect for it

 

[slow loris]

Re: Hefty Horse: At Last An Atlas (album launch) with guests Windings (Saturday Feb 6

Lovely review of the album in the Ticket today by Sinead Gleeson:

Home to the recent debut by St Catherine’s Home for Lazy Infants, Dublin label Slow Loris is fast becoming the creek where homegrown gold is mined. At Last an Atlas, another lengthy moniker for a solo project, is the work of Hollows member Greg O’Brien. Taking samples and organs as a starting point, O’Brien splices tracks with nylon strings and chimes. There is both consistency (the pensive drone of All Else Fails ) and songs (such as Passing Days ) that begin as simple one-guitar stories but spin off into slow-build gems. The kitsch Bontempi-style beats of Take Me Home hint at the guile that runs through everything. O’Brien’s sweet monotone, possessed of a Lou Barlow fleck on songs such as Wayside Days , is frequently backed by Francis Downey’s vocals. This is an inspired debut of open-hearted stories, fey angles and musical left-turns.

www.myspace.com/atlastanatlas
Download Tracks: Passing Days, Take Me Home



The launch is tomorrow night!

 

[chutneyfarmer]

Re: Hefty Horse: At Last An Atlas (album launch) with guests Windings (Saturday Feb 6

Lovely review of the album in the Ticket today by Sinead Gleeson:

Home to the recent debut by St Catherine’s Home for Lazy Infants, Dublin label Slow Loris is fast becoming the creek where homegrown gold is mined. At Last an Atlas, another lengthy moniker for a solo project, is the work of Hollows member Greg O’Brien. Taking samples and organs as a starting point, O’Brien splices tracks with nylon strings and chimes. There is both consistency (the pensive drone of All Else Fails ) and songs (such as Passing Days ) that begin as simple one-guitar stories but spin off into slow-build gems. The kitsch Bontempi-style beats of Take Me Home hint at the guile that runs through everything. O’Brien’s sweet monotone, possessed of a Lou Barlow fleck on songs such as Wayside Days , is frequently backed by Francis Downey’s vocals. This is an inspired debut of open-hearted stories, fey angles and musical left-turns.

www.myspace.com/atlastanatlas
Download Tracks: Passing Days, Take Me Home



The launch is tomorrow night!

Nice one dude!!

 

[slow loris]

Re: Hefty Horse: At Last An Atlas (album launch) with guests Windings (Saturday Feb 6

Nice reviews from Road and Norman:

Road Records Irish Album of the month:

AT LAST AN ATLAS FROM WHICH WE WERE RAISED [with limited bonus cd]
the debut full length release on the slow loris label from dublin based artist at last an atlas. its pretty much a one man band centred around hollows member greg o brien, with just a little help from some friends. greg previoulsy released a limited edition split mini album on the slow loris with singer songwriter paul o reilly. this is a truly beautiful collection of intimate downbeat electronic folk like sounds, lots of gentle throbbing beats, lush synth sounds and hushed vocal tones. for some reason his material always reminds of a more stripped down grandaddy, like some late night take on their sound with a bit of elliott smith blended in. its a beautiful dreamlike collection of intimate electronic pop sounds, it almost reminds me of the kind of thing that you would expect to hear from the morr music label, you know that kind of gentle late night pop sound they specialise in. gently pulsating electronic folk pop at its very very finest. comes with a limited edition free four track bonus cd. only the first 100 copies will come with a bonus cd so get your orders in quick. the bonus cd comes in a handmade screen printed sleeve and features four exclusive tracks recorded specially for this release. the releases on this label are always a thing of real personal beauty, those still trying to track down the awesome wagtail original sleeve will testify to that. dont say you havent been warned this time. february 2010

Norman
Finally from me a CD on Slow Loris by At Last an Atlas. called 'From Which We We Raised' - the first thing to note is that its a gorgeous looking thing and the typeset will probably get in the Clinton my top 5 fonts of the year chart rundown. The music is mellow, minimilist home spun pop music with beat box type rhythms, simple organ lines and hushed vocals. The best comparison would certainly be Grandaddy but I can hear a bit of Thee More Shallows, American Analogue Set, Postal Service and Radar Brothers in there. We have copies that come with a limited (to 100) bonus CD in more lovely screen printed packaging containing another four bonus tracks. On Slow Loris.

 

[ernesto]

Re: Hefty Horse: At Last An Atlas (album launch) with guests Windings (Saturday Feb 6

lovely album

 

[thisgreg]

Re: Hefty Horse: At Last An Atlas (album launch) with guests Windings (Saturday Feb 6

Thanks a million to everyone who made it a long to the launch the other night, it hugely appreciated. We had a great night .|..|

 

[thisgreg]

Re: Hefty Horse: At Last An Atlas (album launch) with guests Windings (Saturday Feb 6

lovely album

Thanks a million dude.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Re: Hefty Horse: At Last An Atlas (album launch) with guests Windings (Saturday Feb 6

Walked into Tower this evening and this was playing over the speakers. It is indeed lovely.

I asked what it was, bought it straight away and am listening to it right now for the second time in a row. The Tower dude said that they had played an In-Store earlier. Sorry I missed that.

It makes me think of Sparklehorse, but probably only because of the week thats in it...