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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

free mp3 download of 'blown cadence'

It there to download on the myspace page or

from

http://rapidshare.com/files/311620046/blown_cadence_-_mp3.mp3

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

blown cadence to be released on compilation

Hi all,

Our song blown cadence is to be released on a compilation in hungary. Oran from the Csiga cafe here in Budapest is putting together a cd for the birthday of his place and we made it.

it'll be available around the middle of december.

ciao, eoin

Currently listening:
Dark Was the Night
By Various Artists
Release date: 2009-02-17

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Sunday, October 26, 2008

fecky the 9th

Hi,

Derrick and I had been doing this covers challenge on thumped (www.thumped.com) for the last while. Following his death, I was able to suggest that we do a cover challenge on one of his favourite themes - rickenbackers. he really loved doing those and we had a lot o fun in the last months joking about what to choose each month.

So I decided to record one of his own rickenbacker-led tunes - fecky the ninth by Crumb and also put it up here on the myspace (the original is on their myspace - www.myspace.com/crumbmusic)

It was kinda difficult to do, but also a treat. I even tried to do it in the style of recording that he basically taught me. And put (as best i could) a derrick style guitar riff on it. Still hard to think hes really gone.

best, eoin

Ps - if you wanna see the original posting on thumped - heres the link

http://www.thumped.com/bbs/showthread.php?p=1120396post1120396

Currently listening:
Snowflake Midnight
By Mercury Rev
Release date: 2008-09-30

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Friday, May 23, 2008

new song - blown cadence

started to demo new stuff and got bored with the old things on the page!

villa r

Currently listening:
For Emma, Forever Ago
By Bon Iver
Release date: 2008-02-19

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Monday, October 22, 2007

New review of apex from leonard’s lair - 4/5
Current mood:

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Category: Music

http://www.leonardslair.co.uk/villar.htm ..> ..>

Villa R

--> -->--> RATING OUT OF 5 -->

Songs From The Apex

--> -->--> THUMBNAIL AND POP-UP -->

--> -->--> REVIEWTEXT -->Although born in Ireland, Eoin Young has spent much of the last fifteen years living in Hungary. For his first outing as Villa R though, don't expect any East European influences. 'Songs From The Apex' is straight ahead breezy indie pop, aided by an assortment of talent from the Irish alternative scene.

More a songwriter than a singer, Young's vocals aren't particularly distinguished but his grasp of melody is superb. The easy influence to suggest would be New Order largely because 'Temptation' is covered here as a bizarre military electronic track but even shoegazing gets a mention for the half acoustic/half effects-saturated 'Memory & Passion'. Layers of indie guitars underpin the superb pop of 'Overred' and there will be few sunnier songs released this year than the jangly 'Full Sound'. Digging further into the record, the title track and 'Coloured Lines' are oddly arranged but reveal real inventiveness beneath the bubbly surface whilst 'Deadly Muses' and 'Read The Signs' opt for acoustic melancholia. This is a neatly produced album with ideas old and new but always interesting and highly tuneful.

--> -->--> START OF TRACK LISTING TABLE --> ..> ..> ..>..>

	Track Listing
01	Plain Sailing
	Overred
03	Temptation
04	Not The Big Man
05	Memory & Passion
06	Full Sound
07	Songs From The Apex
08	Coloured Lines
09	Deadly Muses
10	Murmur
11	Read The Signs
= Standout Track

--> -->--> end of track listing table -->

Weblink:
http://www.villa-r.com/

Currently listening:
Burning/Inflation
By Whitest Boy Alive
Release date: 30 May, 2006

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Thursday, June 07, 2007

Apex soon to be available in Japan

Hi all,

Our japanese friends in Apple Crumble records will soon have the cd available in Tokyo. Check them out:

http://www.apple-crumble.com/

eoin

Currently listening:
Deserter's Songs
By Mercury Rev
Release date: 29 September, 1998

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Saturday, June 02, 2007

Indie pages review of apex

Villa R - "Songs From The Apex" cd (Disques Fridge)
This package came to me from Budapest, as that's where the band's chief songwriter, EÛin Young, lives now, but the album was recorded over the span of a week last year in his native Ireland with his old friends and bandmates from I Am The Waltons and The Deportees (who themselves were/are also in Hey Paulette and Crumb). The songs on this album have a pretty wide range, which include the jangly sound of "Plain Sailing" and "Full Sound", the power pop heard in "Not The Big Man" and the somber mood of "Deadly Muses" and "Memory & Passion" (the first in a Nick Drake style, while the other is more like Neil Young). There's also an instrumental that sounds just like an old R.E.M. outtake (which gave me a chuckle on first listen as it wasn't until the song was over that I realized it was called "Murmur"), and even some casio-pop (or as the liner notes put it: cheesy keyboard) in "Coloured Lines" and a fairly haunting cover of New Order's "Temptation". With such a wide variety of styles, it's not too surprising that the disc is a bit uneven overall, but there's definitely something for everyone on here, and enough to keep the record interesting. MTQ=8/11

d link: http://www.indiepages.com/reviews/reviews.html?query=V&search=letter&limit=

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Saturday, June 02, 2007

Guardian Website - Myspace of the week

MySpace of the Week: Villa R

Villa R emailed Guardian Unlimited Music and asked to be considered for MySpace of the week and because they said they were based in Hungary but from Ireland, I thought "that's a bit exotic, I'll give them a whirl". The quintet also refer to themselves as a "failed Irish Indie supergroup", which is a pretty endearing statement, and they make admirably breezy, melodious pop music. You too can give them a whirl here

Check it out:

http://music.guardian.co.uk/singlesclub/story/0,,2090464,00.html

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Sunday, May 13, 2007

songs from the apex on itunes
Current mood:

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Hey,

The record is now available on lots of digital distribution services including itunes. Thanks cdbaby.

Click the link for itunes:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=253826824

ciao, eoin

Currently listening:
Panic Prevention
By Jamie T.
Release date: 15 February, 2007

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

RTE review of songs from the apex
Current mood:

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Villa R - Songs from the Apex

Label: Disques Fridges

Year: 2007

Duration: 38 minutes

Those who wear their love of sweet guitar melodies like a badge of honour should find that Villa R give them good reason to stick their chests out even further.

Brilliantly billing themselves as a "failed Irish indie supergroup" - members of Hey Paulette, Jubilee Allstars and I am the Waltons feature - their week together in a Dublin house in August 2005 has resulted in an album that gets the right mix between nostalgia and now and offers some special moments.

For vinyl collectors the opening two tracks, 'Plain Sailing' and 'Overred', would make a great 7" find - and the deliberations about whether Side A or B was the best or most wistful would swing every three minutes.

Elsewhere, there's a great follow-up single to be pressed from the joyously upbeat 'Not the Big Man' and 'Full Sound'; some time spent under cloudier skies and an odd cover of the New Order track 'Temptation' that the album doesn't actually need but which, like the rest of its companions, becomes more endearing the longer you stay with it.

Harry Guerin

Check out the original:

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/0404/villar.html

or on aertel:-

http://www.rte.ie/aertel/377-02.html

Currently listening:
The Ride
By Joan As Police Woman
Release date: 16 January, 2007