Gorgeous Wrecks – You Carve Your Name
The future is orange in the new video by elusive Irish electronica duo Gorgeous Wrecks.
Preferring to remain anonymous, the pair are set to release their debut album Gentle Art Of Persuasion, which was produced by Ger McDonnell, imminently on Artwash Records.
Nick says: Can you handle the fruit?
Thank Frank it’s Friday.
That means another music competition to keep you busy over these long winter nights.
This week I want to know: What’s your favourite song whose title or lyrics contain a reference to a European country?
Here’s mine.
Reply below to be in with a chance of winning a glorious gift voucher worth €20 (yes, you read that right: twenty lids) redeemable at any Currys PC World.
The winner will be chosen by my Zoom operator.
Please include video links if possible.
Lines MUST close at Saturday 11am.
Nick says: Good luck.
Last week’s winner here.
Last night.
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on NBC.
Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. perform “A Hero’s Death” from the album (top) of the same name.
In fairness/FIGHT!
Kynsy – Elephant In The Room
Tusk never sleeps.
Hotly tipped Dublin newcomer Ciara Lindsey (top) aka Kynsy has just released a new single from her debut EP Things That Don’t Exist.
A pleasing wash of electro-noir that lives in the same postcode as Beach House and Chromatics, it registers the 23-year-old multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer as a serious artist to be reckoned with.
The video was filmed in Donegal by Charlie Joe Doherty.
Kynsy says:
“I wanted the music to create a world of freedom, hope and playfulness while the lyrics focus on the struggle of fighting, running and coming to terms with all of the good and bad we find in things that don’t exist.”
Nick says: Trunk call.
Orla Gartland – More Like You
Comparing yourself to your heroes can be unhealthy and limiting.
That’s the message behind the brilliant new single by London-based Dublin songsmith Orla Gartland (top foreground).
And the expertly filmed video illustrates the theme perfectly, with Orla and dancer Hannah Hornsby (top at back) moving perfectly in tandem with each other under the direction of Greta and Elan Isaac.
Nick says: Falling for a dancer.
The votes are in.
Last week, with an electrifying €20 Currys PC World gift voucher on offer, I asked you to name your favourite song featuring phones or phone calls. This was mine.
You dialled in in your dozens.
But there could be only winning caller.
Third Place:
Telephone Road by Steve Earle
Charger Salmons writes:
‘The first time I heard this I was driving down a two-lane blacktop in a big fat old Buick just as dawn rose on a big sky Texas. I had a fresh pack of Winston, a big steaming cup of black coffee and the future Lady Charger asleep in the passenger seat.This track just made perfect driving music.I particularly love the wailing Hammond organ.
I was delivering a car from upstate New York to the West Coast.The company involved gave you five days to make the trip, a certain mileage to do it in and the first tank of gas. Didn’t cost me a thing except the gas to get across and cheap roadside motels. It was the cheapest way to cross America on someone else’s dime. It was only later that I found out the real Telephone Road was only a few hundred miles away in the same state.’
Runner-up:
Answering Machine by The Replacements
Stephen Moran writes:
‘Yes the technology may be defunct but the sense of desperation is timeless .Singing into the void of the answering machine static, Westerberg bleeds out with just guitar in hand over the voicemail. “How can you say I’m lonely to an answering machine” showing that regardless of the communication medium, life remain the same: full of heart and heartbreak.’
Winner:
I’ve Got Your Number Written On The Back Of My Hand by The Jags
Muchacho Gordo-Delgado writes:
‘This is how you used to remain in touch with someone you “met” on a night out.’
Nick says: Thanks all.
Last week: Win Nick’s Voucher
Saint Sister featuring Lisa Hannigan – The Place That I Work
There’s more to life than books, you know – but not much more.
“Atmosfolk” duo Morgan MacIntyre (top sitting in white), from Belfast and Gemma Doherty (seated in black), from Derry, aka Saint Sister have teamed up with kindred spirit Lisa Hannigan (top at back) for this single in aid of the Dublin Simon Community.
The video is by Algorithm and directed by Kev Freeney and was shot in the iconic Winding Stair bookshop on Dublin’s Ormond Quay.
Nick says: All the world loves book-lovers.
Pic: Kevin Freeney
Worst set back of all time? A hatchet job if ever there was one. The floor to ceiling arched windows on the bottom floor I wouldn’t begrudge them too much though https://t.co/3yFynqbMeW
— Archidub (@Archidub1) January 27, 2021
Central Plaza, Dublin 2.
Including unGeorgian floor to ceiling windows on the ground floor.
A beautiful addition?
Or Pokémahone?
YOU must Decide.
Pokémon to pay €60 per sq ft for offices at former Central Bank HQ (Irish Times)
Trainman Blues – Undivided Seer
Woke up this morning… put the kettle on.
The latest missive from Copenhagen-based Irish bluesman Richard Farrell (top right) has a wonderfully gritty electric guitar lick that any true blues cat would sell his soul at the crossroads for.
The video was shot by Sebastian Page and edited by the band’s Laust ‘Krudtmejer’ Nielsen.
Nick says: Rail rail gone.
