I got the final version of our new Very Short Album (yeah, it's a comparatively long EP) in the post today, and with the frenzied lack of composure of a young centre-half presented with a last minute goalscoring chance, I have fired 2 of the songs onto the internet for your cruel judgment.
They are:
Immovable Feet
and
Paul Treacy Probably Knows.
By internet, I mean right here on MySpace - have a listen.
The release will be accompanied by shows in Dublin, Cork, Belfast and Galway; and at some summer festivals, amongst other engagements.
We'll be launching the album in July by playing a load of gigs. The confirmed dates are listed on our profile page.
Included is a pressing engagement at Whelan's (Upstairs) in Dublin's Official Music Performance District (OMPD). Here's the poster:
The electronic files will be downloadable from iTunes. The CD will be available from Tower Records and Road Records in Dublin; from Plugd in Cork; from other record shops around the country; and by mail order from myspace.com/landlovers.
Here's what I said about things when I was trying to impress journalists:
"Beginning with the low-vis litany of Cloudy Girl and continuing to Trouble for TV’s Favourite Couple’s euphoric coda, a reasonably diverse range of pop inclinations is expelled from their system: Everything I Ever Did Wrong moves from early spikiness to an enormous, crashing instrumental refrain; Immovable Feet exhibits some latent affection for miserable old showtunes; Paul Treacy Probably Knows is a rollicking 60s pop number brought to you via the attendant influences of Guided by Voices and Squeeze; Paddy Works the Maglev confuses the past with the future amid jangling guitars and Space Invaders synths."