Kim On Feel The Noise
Lots to look forward to in 2012 – including new long-players from Katie Kim, the Quicksand Band and The Walpurgis Family.
Roisin Dwyer, 24 Jan 2012
2012. In the words of Johnny Logan, ‘What’s Another Year?’ Well, for music lovers, it means 12 months filled with shiny new releases, gigs-a-plenty, a fresh batch of favourite toons to annoy your neighbours with, an untrodden festival field to dance on and perhaps the next musical love of your life.
With new long-players on the way from Waterford’s Deaf Joe, Two Door Cinema Club, Solar Bears, post-rockers Enemies, Gama Bomb, The Wonder Villains, Hunter-Gatherer, Bats, We Are Losers and General Fiasco to name but a few, it seems the planets are aligning for a sonic annus mirabilis on the domestic front.
One impending release that’s sure to cause a stir is Cover And Flood, the second album from ethereal songsmith Katie Kim. The 20-song confection is due this month on Flaming June records.
Since her debut Twelve, Katie has collaborated with a rich melange of artists including David Kitt, Halves, Milosh and Mike Scott (she is guest vocalist on The Waterboys’ An Appointment With Mr. Yeats album).
Katie also recently finished scoring and performing an original soundtrack in conjunction with the French Film Festival for Germain Dulac’s 1927 controversial celluloid masterpiece The Seashell And The Clergyman which will be released as a multimedia package this year.
Catch her live this month on The Certain Three tour along with Hot Press faves The Lost Brothers and Isle Of Wight tunesmith Puzzle Muteson. The tour, which features ten dates around the country, kicks off in the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday January 12. Check hotpress.com for details….
Also coming our way soon is the debut collection from Dublin’s Quicksand Band. The folk-rock combo recorded the opus, Approaching Rain, last year with the eminently talented Gavin Glass at the production helm. They will launch it in style in Whelan’s on February 4…
Another aural gem comes courtesy of the lovely folk at Popical Island who are behind the imminent sonic cocktail from The Walpurgis Family. Dawn follows on from 2010’s debut album Midsummer Party which saw the troupe throw down the chamber-pop gauntlet.
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