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Dry County
A band on the move in the UK and Ireland
Following their nomination for a Choice Music Award this year, Dry County came home from a UK tour to play a one off headliner gig at Dublin's venue of choice, Whelan's. Supported by the arrestingly good The Eclectic and Cars In Walls, this night proved to be one of pure electro-rock excellence!
Dry County released their debut album Unexpected Falls in May 2007 after three years of blood, sweat, and tears. It is the band's second release following on from their 2004 EP, Nothing Stays In Place, which has continued to sell over the intervening period.
After recording the best part of an album, the band jettisoned most of the material due to a rapid progression in their sound and dynamic, the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth continued with still no record to release and a growing fan base wondering why. May 2007 saw the album reaching the light of day and sounding like the record Dry County always knew they were meant to release. This slow burning gem has proven to be one of the most interesting Irish releases of the past few years.
Unexpected Falls crossbreeds a love of songs and a passion for electronic and dance music, the natural and the mechanical mixed and combined. The fabric of the album is constructed from guitars, Nord Lead 2, Microkorg, Piano, Auto Harp, Mellotron, live drums (some built from buckets and boxes), various other computers and machinery and of course the lead vocals of lyricist Kevin Littlewood, backed mainly by Phil Porter, Stuart Flood and Joanne Parle but with the help of quite a few other voices along the way.
Dry County released their debut album Unexpected Falls in May 2007 after three years of blood, sweat, and tears. It is the band's second release following on from their 2004 EP, Nothing Stays In Place, which has continued to sell over the intervening period.
After recording the best part of an album, the band jettisoned most of the material due to a rapid progression in their sound and dynamic, the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth continued with still no record to release and a growing fan base wondering why. May 2007 saw the album reaching the light of day and sounding like the record Dry County always knew they were meant to release. This slow burning gem has proven to be one of the most interesting Irish releases of the past few years.
Unexpected Falls crossbreeds a love of songs and a passion for electronic and dance music, the natural and the mechanical mixed and combined. The fabric of the album is constructed from guitars, Nord Lead 2, Microkorg, Piano, Auto Harp, Mellotron, live drums (some built from buckets and boxes), various other computers and machinery and of course the lead vocals of lyricist Kevin Littlewood, backed mainly by Phil Porter, Stuart Flood and Joanne Parle but with the help of quite a few other voices along the way.
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