Hefty Horse
New Member
Hefty Horse Presents:
At Last An Atlas
Sacred Animals
Cfit
...Upstairs @Whelans
8pm
At Last An Atlas:
"At last An Atlas" are a duo consisting of Greg O’Brien and Frances Downey. Together they create music using an organ, synths, sampler, drum machines, nylon string guitar, ukulele, vocals, noises and field recordings.
The project began in late 2008 and their first release “Ships leaving”, a split album with folk singer Paul O’Reilly, appeared in April 2009. In October 2009, “At Last An Atlas” toured America for a month playing shows through out.
In February 2010 “At Last An Atlas” released their debut album “From Which We Were Raised”. The album was very well received and has seen “At Last An Atlas” keep solidly busy through 2010 playing shows with MGMT, Adrian Crowley and Valerie Frances among others.
Press:
"...an inspired debut of open-hearted stories, fey angles and musical left-turns." - 4/5 - The Ticket (The Irish Times)
"...a very sweet and well produced record... It is reflective, self contained and works perfectly the way it is." - 4/5 - Hotpress
http://www.myspace.com/atlastanatlas
Sacred Animals:
Sacred Animals' native Wexford to Dublin along the coast is a straight road, but veer a few miles off it and you find yourself up in the mountains. From the Sally Gap you can look out across Lough Tay hundreds of metres below and see the wind carving its way through the hills. "The energy is incredible - so primal. You realise life is pretty fleeting. But that's kind of precious in a weird way."
And the music's precious too. It draws on the rich tapestry of styles and sounds that make this such a compelling time to make music but also draws from those hidden places - Darragh's is not a completely clear vision of what the music is and might become. "It's about everything that makes artists we love, people like Thom Yorke, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear) create and then go back and explore. I've written songs for years and have always loved doing it. But when the songs start coming out like this, from somewhere I couldn't always reach, that's something really exciting."
Sacred Animals is about just that. Letting the music speak and breath, respecting its nature.
It's an unusual light across the Wicklow mountains in the May dusk, purple and orange, and it's got Darragh thinking. "I'm not so sure we have things figured out at all. That's what happens when you stop and stare out across a place like this." Sacred Animals look ahead and the road winds off through the hills and into the distance.
http://www.myspace.com/sacredanimals
Cfit:
Cfit are a duo from Dublin who specialise in woozy, bruised, melancholy anthems. Originally a side project for Noel Duplaa during his time in the now-defunct Tidal District, the band came to fruition with the addition of the crystalline vocals of Jennifer Roche.
Their debut album, Triage, is due out this year.
http://www.myspace.com/cfit
At Last An Atlas
Sacred Animals
Cfit
...Upstairs @Whelans
8pm
At Last An Atlas:
"At last An Atlas" are a duo consisting of Greg O’Brien and Frances Downey. Together they create music using an organ, synths, sampler, drum machines, nylon string guitar, ukulele, vocals, noises and field recordings.
The project began in late 2008 and their first release “Ships leaving”, a split album with folk singer Paul O’Reilly, appeared in April 2009. In October 2009, “At Last An Atlas” toured America for a month playing shows through out.
In February 2010 “At Last An Atlas” released their debut album “From Which We Were Raised”. The album was very well received and has seen “At Last An Atlas” keep solidly busy through 2010 playing shows with MGMT, Adrian Crowley and Valerie Frances among others.
Press:
"...an inspired debut of open-hearted stories, fey angles and musical left-turns." - 4/5 - The Ticket (The Irish Times)
"...a very sweet and well produced record... It is reflective, self contained and works perfectly the way it is." - 4/5 - Hotpress
http://www.myspace.com/atlastanatlas
Sacred Animals:
Sacred Animals' native Wexford to Dublin along the coast is a straight road, but veer a few miles off it and you find yourself up in the mountains. From the Sally Gap you can look out across Lough Tay hundreds of metres below and see the wind carving its way through the hills. "The energy is incredible - so primal. You realise life is pretty fleeting. But that's kind of precious in a weird way."
And the music's precious too. It draws on the rich tapestry of styles and sounds that make this such a compelling time to make music but also draws from those hidden places - Darragh's is not a completely clear vision of what the music is and might become. "It's about everything that makes artists we love, people like Thom Yorke, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear) create and then go back and explore. I've written songs for years and have always loved doing it. But when the songs start coming out like this, from somewhere I couldn't always reach, that's something really exciting."
Sacred Animals is about just that. Letting the music speak and breath, respecting its nature.
It's an unusual light across the Wicklow mountains in the May dusk, purple and orange, and it's got Darragh thinking. "I'm not so sure we have things figured out at all. That's what happens when you stop and stare out across a place like this." Sacred Animals look ahead and the road winds off through the hills and into the distance.
http://www.myspace.com/sacredanimals
Cfit:
Cfit are a duo from Dublin who specialise in woozy, bruised, melancholy anthems. Originally a side project for Noel Duplaa during his time in the now-defunct Tidal District, the band came to fruition with the addition of the crystalline vocals of Jennifer Roche.
Their debut album, Triage, is due out this year.
http://www.myspace.com/cfit
