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Three Tales

About Me

Press for the album:

"absolutely mesmerising...the best album from an Irish band in 2008." (ulstermusic.com)

"stirring, moving and incredibly powerful...a refreshingly different approach and sound" (Belfast Telegraph)

"8 out of 10" (Alternative Ulster)

"And so Three Tales unspool their stories, their arcane journeys and the whispered intensity of 'Variation', which steals a bit from a Louis MacNeice poem and turns up the guitars near the end. There's a similar deal with 'A Cast Of Hawks', miniature stories and melodic drifts. It's a bit Old Testament and a tad Steve Albini. If you can reference such stuff, you're on it.

And so it journeys, from the Ulster Bible belt to the indie heartlands. The songs are whittled away like an old guy will work at a piece of wood, methodically and without excess drama...

...this is a record that was worth making" (Stuart Bailie, BBC)

"Great... a nicely judged mix of twinkling, ringing and occasionally caustic guitars, funereal keys and deathly, dandering percussion." (Irish News)


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 31/10/2005
Band Website: www.furioustradesmen.com
Band Members: Ben McAuley, Desmond J. Mooney, James Smith.
Influences: Leonard Cohen, Shellac, Television, Dirty Three.
Sounds Like: Free Snails
Record Label: Furious Tradesmen
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Required Reiding

We played a gig in the Black Box cafe last week there. It was a lot of fun. One of those nights when you could be anywhere in the world. Good people, decent music, great venue. We had indie-rock heart...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:04:00 GMT

reviews and things

Hello.Our last gig was supporting Panda Kopanda at their album launch at the Limelight in Belfast. They're our good buddies and their album's great so it was a hoot to play with them. There are a few ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:50:00 GMT

2008

Is this the first blog I've done? It can't be.Well, in 2008 Three Tales released an album on Furious Tradesmen records. It got some nice reviews and some people bought it and seem to have enjoyed it. ...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:36:00 GMT