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About Me

click the image above to listen to our very first podcast. hear bjorn discuss the inspiration behind the song, "non believer" as well as perform a non album version of the track.
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We signed our record deal in 2005 with Dangerbird Records situated in the heart of Hollywood. Label mates include Silversun Pickups, Eulogies, Sea Wolf, All Smiles, One A.M Radio, Eric Avery, Darker My Love and The Dappled Cities. Chrysalis Publishing USA became our close friends and publishing partners that year too, so it is only right that we should pack our duffle bags and set up camp in the USA. We recorded our debut album 'The Truth' with Mr. Tony Hoffer (Beck, Air, Supergrass, Belle & Sebastian, La Rocca, heh heh) and released it in the US on the 10th of August 2006. Most of last year was spent criss crossing the States promoting the album playing gigs and tours with the likes of Phoenix, Birdmonster, Roman Candle, Sam Roberts Band, Cold War Kids and so on. We ate in Austin, drank in New York, Gambled in Mesquite and got robbed in Philadelphia. It's a big country and we made a nice dent in it, for a debut record. Album 2 is currently in pre-production. Meanwhile 'The Truth' is released in Ireland in January 2008, preceded by a single in October 2007 and a Dublin show.
Feel free to email us or message us. We do our best to message fans back.
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"Sketches (Twenty Something Life)" by La Rocca
"This Life" by La Rocca

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/31/2005
Band Website: larocca.ie
Band Members: Bjorn Baillie - vocals, guitar :: Simon Baillie - vocals, bass :: Nicky Haworth - vocals, keys, guitar :: Alan Redmond - drums
Influences: La Rocca are influenced by Dublin streets, Late nights, friends, LA heat, Barry's Tea, The Clarets, Cribbage, close-hand magic, The Drop-The-Hand campaign, sunrise, sunset and the bit in-between, dog racing and all forms of gambling.
Record Label: Dangerbird Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Truth on Itunes Ireland and in All good Record shops Today

La Rocca's debut album The Truth is out now in all good record shops and on Itunes Ireland. Buy it now !For UK fans, we apologize that it is just an Irish release for the moment but hopefully a UK rel...
Posted by La Rocca on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:42:00 PST

Dublin : Feb 22 : TOWER RECORDS IN-STORE

THIS FRIDAY - FEB 22nd Come join us at TOWER RECORDS in Dublin for a special La Rocca in-store appearance.We'll be playing a few tunes and promoting the Irish release of THE TRUTH.Hope to see ya ther...
Posted by La Rocca on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:14:00 PST

Album / Single Release Ireland !

La Rocca's Debut album 'The Truth' is released in Ireland this Friday 22nd February. The single 'This Life' is released the same day. The band will be performing an in-store at Tower Records on Wicklo...
Posted by La Rocca on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:58:00 PST

New Song for you

Hi All,We now have a song of ours called 'Cross The River' on our playlist.This song will be available on itunes Ireland alongside our single 'This Life', which will be released soon.'Cross the River'...
Posted by La Rocca on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:29:00 PST

Irish Album Release and Tour Dates!!!

Hi All,We are happy to announce that 'The Truth' will be released in Ireland on Friday 29th of February.It's coming out through Warners Ireland and will be available on itunes and stores nationwide.It...
Posted by La Rocca on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:35:00 PST

New Year New Music

Happy new Year one and all,things have been busy and exciting over the past few weeks for La Rocca. We've been putting the finishing touches to the recordings we made in Austin. What is coming togethe...
Posted by La Rocca on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:08:00 PST

Pics of recording - Tripwire Magazine

Check out this link to the Tripwire site to look at their photo feature on the recording of La Rocca Album 2 (We already know the title but we can't tell you !)La Rocca at work...
Posted by La Rocca on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:58:00 PST

Album 2 update

HelloAustin still going well. Songs sounding great. Thank you for all of your messages. Keep them coming.Song titles include 'My Means So Much', 'Half Speed', 'Ripping Down' and several others. This h...
Posted by La Rocca on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:49:00 PST

How to record an album in Texas

Hello AllWe are currently holed up in Texas working on album 2. We started recording a few days ago. The producer is Mike McCarthy who some of you may know from his work with Spoon and And You Will Kn...
Posted by La Rocca on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:18:00 PST

La Rocca 2

hello all,we're very excited to say we will begin work on our 2nd record (thats our word.. but you can use cd, file, etc!) in the next few days.This will be the follow up to 'The Truth', which we know...
Posted by La Rocca on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:15:00 PST