Member Since: 4/9/2005
Band Website: evilharrisons.com
Band Members:
non-myspace people can contact us via:
info[at]evilharrisons[dot]com
Evil HarrisonsPaul Carolan / Ronan Murphy / Nicholas Puyane
New EP "IN IF IT IS" Available Now!
DOWNLOAD
- Available from www.iTunes.com
- Available from www.eMusic.com
- Available from www.Napster.com
- Available from www.SonyConnect
- Available from www.downloadmusic.ie
PHYSICAL
- ROAD RECORDS, 16B Fade Street, Dublin 2, or via www.Roadrecs.com
- TOWER RECORDS, 6-8 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 or via www.TowerRecords.ie
- UNDERGROUND TAPE AND BOOK STORE, Exchequer ST, Dublin 2
- SPINDIZZY RECORDS, 32 Georges St, Arcade, Dublin 2
- PLUGGED RECORDS, Washington St, Co. Cork.
HOTPRESS
After two years and two limited releases, Evil Harrisons finally hit their stride in spectacular fashion. Six tracks on a debut single may seem to be a bit presumptious but, like the Rags before them, they exude the confidence to make it all sound effortless. The pick of the bunch is "Some Grand Plan", a bizarre clash of guitars, vocals that sound like Bob Dylan rapping and a shuffling dance beat. The other five tracks are no slouch either, displaying an equally admirable disregard for convention.
CONNECTED MAGAZINE
Evil Harrisons are not easy listening, rather- Evil, an acquired taste if you will. (And in a time when bands want to do nothing more than please the moral majority- and the record labels- it takes independent minds to make music without a business agenda) Let me start by saying that you won’t hear anything, remotely like this this year, or for the foreseeable future. 5/5
ENTERTAINMENT.IE
Opening with the downbeat-yet-lithe pop of Some Grand Plan, singer Ronan Murphy’s yo-yo vocals sprawl delightfully across the track like an indie Eminem; the rollicking jazzy-pop of Lion Salad follows a more conventional blueprint, but is undeniably catchy all the same, while the bombastic funk undertones of Pimp My Physical Ride - replete with unforeseen chord changes and warm piano interludes - showcase Murphy and guitarist Barry Dwyer’s superlative songwriting talent. The closing couplet of torch song Corner Crazy and The Life I’m Dreaming Of - a jazzy, Morcheeba-style ballad that features a smoky-voiced female vocalist - bring the pace down nicely, but it’s still not enough to erase the memory of standout track A Pickle Like You. ’I don’t really care’, Murphy croons in that familiar syrupy snarl, ’I got you like Lenin in Red Square’, as his bandmates harmonise like a barbershop’s finest. As much talent as one band could possibly cram into fifteen minutes.
4/5