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SENECA

SWEETER THAN BOURBON

About Me

THE LIMERICK LEADER -
"SENECA Combine the heartfelt sincerity of Damien Rice's lyrics with the lush and anthemic sounds of Snow Patrol to startling effect."
THE LIMERICK INDEPENDENT -
"Without question one of the most promising and talented Irish bands to have emerged in recent years"
'GREEN AND LIVE' LIVE 95FM -
"Mother of Christ, this is fantastic, absolutely fantastic"
HOTPRESS MAGAZINE -
"A band with a knack for taking big and bold jabs at the heartstrings, they blend sweeping arrangements with naked emotional lyrics to create a very anthemic and mainstream sound. This Limerick four-piece could have a very bright future ahead of them if their forthcoming debut album Sweeter Than Bourbon is anything to go by."
FREQUENCY-IRELAND.COM -
"Warm, propulsive, melodic, anthemic and emotive"
THE LIMERICK WEEKENDER -
"Soaring, anthemic melodies that will stick in your head long after you hear them"
THE LIMERICK POST -
"Spanning the emotional spectrum, from touchingly heartfelt to dark and menacing, Seneca's is the sort of music you could bring home to your mother but wouldn't sound out of place near a mosh pit"
In mid 2005, SENECA won the Limerick heat of the Jack Daniels Hardest Working Band competition. They then won the 2006 University of Limerick Battle of the bands competition.
2007 SENECA supported: Republic of Loose, Director, Fred, The Hitchers and The Frank and Walters. The band also had one of their songs ('So Beautiful') selected for the Ceol '07 album which was launched in March and includes songs from Bell x1, The Corrs, Kila, Paddy Casey and many more popular Irish acts.
Aside from all this Seneca have been busy touring around Ireland, headlining in popular venues such as Crawdaddy; Cyprus Avenue; Roisin Dubh; Dolan's and Auntie Annies.
The end of 2007, Seneca's debut single SMILE entered the Irish Charts in its first week at 33 climbing to 27. Seneca's second single CLARITY, released on June 13th, went straight in at 19 in the charts.
Jackie Hayden of Hotpress added to the chorus of voices calling for the world to sit up and take notice of this band by making them his Pick of the Fortnight in Hotpress magazine-----------------------------------------***** CLARITY VID (NEW!!! :) *****
"Sweeter Than Bourbon" - Tanx Philip and all at 'Scene IT'.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/26/2006
Band Website: seneca.ie
Band Members: Rob Hope (Guitar & Vocals), Yvonne Conaty (Bass & Vocals), Brendan O Gorman (Lead Guitar) & Daragh O Loughlain (Drums).
Influences: Kashmir, Kila (We sound nothing like them but goddamn they're the best), Jeff and Tim Buckley, Tom Wait's, Nick Drake, Bjork, Interpol, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins (circa 'Eva Adore'), 22, Neil Young, Led Zepplin, Sigur Ros, Massive Attack, Tommy Emmanuel (Once again, nothing to do with our stuff but the man can play), Robert Johnson, Any good Bluegrass, and so many more..............
Sounds Like:Available June 13

Record Label: West Pole Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SENECA support The Frank And Walters and The Hitchers in Dolans Warehouse

We will be playing support to the wonderful Frank and Walters on December 22nd, and 'The Hitchers' on December 28th in Dolans Warehouse.  We are having problems entering our gigs in to myspa...
Posted by SENECA on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:14:00 PST

Jackie Hayden of Hotpress ’PICK OF THE FORTNIGHT’ 31st Oct. issue

"AJ: If you put Damien Rice and Snow Patrol in the same studio the end result would prabably come out sounding like Seneca.  A band with a knack for taking big and bold jabs at the heartstrings, ...
Posted by SENECA on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:41:00 PST

TO DOWNLOAD SMILE

In order to download our new single smile, text music 6 to 57501 and follow the instructions that are texted back to you.  It will cost 99c from your phone credit.  Alternatively you ca...
Posted by SENECA on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:16:00 PST

Limerick Independent article, 12th Sep, 2007

SENECA ARE ALL SMILES LIMERICK band Seneca will have good reason to be grinning like Cheshire cats when they take to the stage at Underground in Baker Place this Saturday, September 15 to promote the...
Posted by SENECA on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:14:00 PST

SMILE HOTPRESS REVIEW (Vol. 31, no. 18, 19th Sept 2007)

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Posted by SENECA on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:04:00 PST

SMILE Review, Frequency-Ireland.com, Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Seneca - Smile / Sweeter Than BourbonDon't save your breath just breathe... such is the advise of Rob Hope on Smile, the first single to be lifted from Seneca's soon to be released Sweeter Than Bourbo...
Posted by SENECA on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:00:00 PST

The Undiscovered Festival tickets!!

If anybody would like tickets for 'The Undiscovered festival' on the 29th and 30th of June in Offaly please let us know.  The tickets cost ¬50 each and are for two nights camping a...
Posted by SENECA on Sat, 26 May 2007 09:03:00 PST

Leader Article (March 14th, 2007)

Seneca at Dolan's LIMERICK band Seneca perform at Upstairs in Dolan's this Thursday, March 15 to preview songs from their stunning new album Sweeter Than Bourbon - due for release this summer.  S...
Posted by SENECA on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:50:00 PST

HELP US CHOOSE OUR FIRST SINGLE

WE WANT YOU, YES YOU, TO HELP US CHOOSE WHAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST SINGLE FOR RELEASE OFF OUR DEBUT ALBUM 'SWEETER THAN BOURBON'.  OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE WILL POST AS MANY SONGS AS WE CAN ...
Posted by SENECA on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:29:00 PST