Single and Album out soon!
Release date 28th August 2007
On PRONOIA/CARGO records
All profits to The Alzheimer's Society
From the album 'Saturation Point' (released same day on PRONOIA/Cargo)
Preview the single and album at
www.reverbnation.com/damianmorganmikedoyle
& www.myspace.com/damianmorgan
"Speak my name; remember me
One more time remember me
This boy you fed and swaddled
But never mollycoddled
Say that you remember me
One more time remember me
But your memories are broken
And no words can be spoken
But this isn't night, this can't be right
Slow and painful
The dimming of the light"
Radio/TV please contact Blue Soap Communications
PO Box 106 Manchester M32 8RG UK
phone: 07939 510263, fax: 44 (0) 161 611 8062
email: blue.soap@virgin.net.
Press please contact Damian on details below or Sarah Fenlon at Sarah.Fenlon@alzheimers.org.uk
www.brave-music-agency.co.uk 222 Didsbury Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport SK4 2AA
Contact Damian Morgan at Brave Music: Mobile: 07887878887 Fax: 441613328271
Heaton Mersey-based Damian Morgan & Mike Doyle were one half of late-90's indie outfit Saturated. After the band split Damian went on to set up a musicians/dj agency, and Mike went into teaching, though he kept on playing guitar in his spare time. In 2006 they got back in touch, and with some arm-twisting on both sides, they decided to start writing again. After a few low-key gigs in Manchester they realised they had something special going on and set about the task of recording their songs, not with commercial success in mind, but for posterity.
'Saturation Point' – The Album
On the album 'Saturation Point' Damian & Mike's songs take in all kinds of subject matter, from obsessing over your next-door neighbour ('It Rains'), sex-mad hippie landladies ('Detached') to destructively possessive relationships ('Siamese Twins') and emotional abuse ('Let The Baby Suffer'). The songs are funny, moving, sad, joyous and reflective.
With influences as diverse Jacques Brel, Terry Hall, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson, Tommy Emmanuel and Orange Juice, Damian Morgan & Mike Doyle don't slot easily into any pigeonhole so have stopped worrying about whether they are nu-acoustic, folkies, indie or whatever: they are just Damian & Mike.
The album was recorded in spare hours here and there; at home, in basements, in rehearsal rooms. A lo-fi approach with a hi-fi result.
'The Dimming Of The Light'-The Single
All profits to the Alzheimer's Society, with their full support and backing.
Damian: "I wanted to write a song about Alzheimer's and dementia, as my own mum has been a sufferer for over 6 years, and is in the later stages of the disease; she doesn't recognise loved ones anymore, and is completely reliant on the care of nurses. I wanted to articulate the pain that those close to the sufferers feel. Alzheimer's has a massive effect on the family and friends of the victim. The physical person is still there but personality, and everything that the person once was slowly fades away.
I get annoyed when I hear people making jokes about Alzheimer's, especially from people who would never joke about cancer or Aids in the same way: Alzheimer's is no less devastating. But because it generally affects the elderly its not really acknowledged by younger generations as much as it should be.
Mike came up with this fantastic piece of music and as soon as I heard it I knew it was the music to fit these lyrics around. The music is moving and sad: the lyrics and subject matter fit it perfectly. It's trying to express the frustration and sadness of watching someone you love slowly decline."
Publicity Photos
World-famous snapper Ian Tilton (Stone Roses, Nirvana etc) has donated a photo session to us, to help promote the single and album. We spent a morning at an old pallette yard in Diggle, sat in an old hut made from old rotten pallettes...oh the glamour of it!