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Our video for Long Goodbyes:

Things other people have said:
"When a simple musical idea is done exceptionally well it instantly leaves the dabblers and wannabes in the shade - I am not left handed does just that, effortlessly, gracefully and with an indisputable beauty - an absolutely flawless, touching, rich chocolate sauce voice over not much more than a well seasoned guitar and or piano, no battling elements here just a smooth natural flow with touches of the gentle confident styles of Suzanne Vega, Natalie Merchant and Joni Mitchell." (The Bull and Gate)
"Songs like 'Long Goodbyes' bring me back again. The song invites the bleakness in, then pours it out again, filtered in fight and colour.
The power and pain is still there, but it feels more bearable, something transformed. It is knuckle straining against skin, a whitened face in a pool of light. It takes all that emotion, gripped so tightly, and casts it into the sky. All that is grit and grain becomes soft earth once more, scattering gently as it falls. Line by line, the song has ground it down, until the emotion itself is grounded: safe now, earthed, returned to loam. Earth to earth, and ashes on my fingers no more.
A song to hold to yourself, to sing to the north-east wind until the dust is out of your eyes." (fabulist.org)
"Another of those rare things that at only five seconds in you know instantly you're going to fall headlong in love with, the bitter sweet cruise controlled drive timing ’persuade yourself’ smoulders its way into your affections in a way that these days only Kirsten Hersh manages to do." (losingtoday.com)
"An individual voice - kind of Karen Carpenter meets Tori Amos at a Frank Black gig." (livemusic.fm)
"It's got a certain something about it, a certain spark which reminds me of the early stuff by bands like jj72 and Mazzy Star, it's definitely very uplifting" (Charlie Ashcroft, Low-Slung Podcast)
"There's a fantastically dark Mazzy Star feel to it though and it’s certainly surprising and very welcome to hear some beautiful female vocals on an Irish record." (Michelle Dalton, eclectichoney.com)
"A rather handy dusky indie trio whose lyrical tunes give a nod to the likes of Rilo Kiley and Death Cab For Cutie." (the Windmill, Brixton)
Our video for Endline (choose nothing):
Our hazy memories:Fleeing Ireland in the middle of the night, guitars across our backs - calling wrong numbers with confusing, angry people on the end - huddling in the cold on a boat, feeling less than well - moving in a swarm of people in a sweaty underground club, confused by the lack of good music - getting lost in London, coming up for air when we can - looking for something very important, but never finding it - sitting in coffeeshops with cats - trying not to smile at the sad parts of movies - fucked if I know, Terry...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/02/2006
Band Website: www.iamnotlefthanded.com
Band Members: Kathryn and Daniel and Benji (oh my!)
Influences: Roddy Doyle, a surprising amount of whiskey, Harold Ramis, an unhealthy desire to get up and go somewhere, Hermann Hesse, Geoffrey Chaucer, a strange fascination with music...

To Buy Our Music:You can buy individual tracks from Yes Means No on iTunes by clicking here:

Or you can buy the whole mini-album for less and download Long Goodbyes for free by clicking here:
LetterboxRecords.com

Your support is really appreciated, it keeps our little train rolling along...

Sounds Like: Rilo Kiley, We Are Scientists, Juli, Death Cab for Cutie, The Young Knives, The Postal Service, 10,000 Maniacs, the Cardigans, Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Fleetwood Mac, Wir Sind Helden,




Record Label: Letterbox Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Shooting people, juggling hats&

Hey folks,Its been a while since I wrote anything here, my posts tend to be more down-to-earth, practical reports on how things are going, while Kathryns are more philosophical and inspiring.I tend ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:39:00 GMT

Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Kathryn

Posts seem to be coming on a month-by-month basis at the moment. Its not ideal, but its not without good reason.We started this month with a second gig in Whelans, Dublin. Its a great venue and dra...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 21:13:00 GMT

Technology gets the best of me - Daniel

I'm a big fan of computers generally.  I like the way they think- or maybe they like the way I think, at any rate, we understand each other pretty well and together we can  get some pretty good stuff ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:35:00 GMT

Writing - Kathryn

I have no idea where the month of March just went, but thought I should put my stamp on it before it ran away from me completely.Daniels been away for about three weeks now. He works as a sound engin...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:22:00 GMT

2009 so far - Kathryn

2009 has been good to us so far. Long Goodbyes placed second in the Ourstage competition for rock music videos, weve had invitations to play as far afield as Indonesia and Guam, and weve written som...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:22:00 GMT

Moving over, making space - Kathryn

You might have noticed that Im no longer the only person posting here. As of last week, Daniels moved over from myspace. For those of you whove stumbled across this blog by accident or independentl...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:03:00 GMT

Studio News - Daniel

Hey folks,Happy end of January to everyone. We're currently in the midst of recording, as well as working on some brand new songs. We're recording Everybody Sleeps, The Place That Won't Take Me Back...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:32:00 GMT

Surviving Scotland - Daniel

Hello gentle readers,For those of you that are Scottish, thank you so much for welcoming us to your country over the last few days. For those of you that aren't, here's a few words about how it went....
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:19:00 GMT

Note to a random guy - Kathryn

To the random man who saw us play at Tommy Flynns and asked if that line was a reference to Groundhog Day -Youre the first person to get that! It made my night. Thanks.I dont think it ever occurred ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:51:00 GMT

So, who are your influences? - Kathryn

Its a question of influences.Not so much a question, as the question. Were asked it frequently, as is every band Ive ever talked to. Some people have a stock answer, pithy enough to make them sound...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:52:00 GMT