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GROOM: All This Happened, More Or Less

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  • 13-10-2006 4:57pm
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    snakybus
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    GROOM
    ALL THIS HAPPENED, MORE OR LESS
    All This Happened, More Or Less, is the new album by Dublin band GROOM, and is out now on Fairview House Records.

    Recorded by Nicky Coghlan and GROOM in Dhulaigh studios, it is packed full of indie keyboard/guitar rock gems. All songs were written by singer/guitarist Michael Stevens (previously of SETTLER), and feature his own particular brand of nerdy observational sci-fi country songs, spanning a variety of themes, such as time travel, technology, religion, polar bears, death, sadness, evolution and, most of all, love.

    Taking its title from the first line in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, All This Happened, More Or Less is GROOM’s curious take on indie pop and rock: a piece of storytelling that blithely jumps from ponderous sincerity to freewheeling whimsy; from sullen inquietude to gleeful satire. The musical palette is wide, owing as much to sharp-witted countrytronica of The Magnetic Fields and pop of The Postal Service as it does to the more familiar guitar-based rock of Wilco and Pavement.

    A departure from GROOM's ragged electronic-roots debut album and subsequent EP, All This Happened, More Or Less is definitely GROOM’s rock album, featuring lively performances from drummer Brian O’Higgins, bassist/keyboardist Wil McDermott (previously of SETTLER), and electronic wiz Liam Dunne (also of LMD64 and ASCIINOID). Recorded live (more or less), the album grumbles, sparkles and pops along like an old car that just won't give up the ghost.

    There are also contributions from Ian Lawton of indie pop band Omelette (he also designed the cover), the irrepressible Thomas Dunning and songwriter Mumblin’ Deaf Ro. A guest vocalist, the sublime Valerie Hely, also takes lead duties on one song.

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    Web
    www.groomtheband.com
    www.myspace.com/groomtheband

    *Available in Road Records, Secret Book and Record Store (Freebird) and Record Collector. Soon to be available elsewhere.


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    #2
    snakybus
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    ps The official launch for this is on November 12th in the Boom Boom Room above Conway's, Parnell Street, Dublin (that's not to say you shouldn't go to the shops and buy the album in advance anyway ;) ).


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    snakybus
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    Review from Road Records site:


    "the guys have thrown together some very catchy indie rock sounds with lots of old style crunchy analogue synth sounds, some lovely vocal harmonies and some sersiously bouncy singalong choruses"


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    snakybus
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    Now also available in Freebird Records on Eden Quay and Spindizzy in George's Arcade.


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    snakybus
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    Hi all,

    Groom play in Eamonn Doran's tonight, with Ilya K and Autoban, as part of the Volt Sessions

    Thansk to Leigh for putting this on

    And Leigh has kindly offered to sell the new CD at the door as well! Which is vey nice.

    The Volts Sessions
    AUTOBAN / ILYA K // GROOM /// ANTICS DJ's
    Friday October 27th
    Eamonn Dorans, Temple Bar
    Doors 9pm / 8 Euros


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