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About Me

Deprivation is to me what daffodils were to Wordsworth.
- Philip Larkin

Aaron Cahill is a songwriter, arranger and writer. Orchestration credits include string quartet adaptations for a Marc Almond Xmas concert at the London Palladium in 1997, and string, brass and percussion arrangements for the PJ Proby album Legend.
Since 2004, Aaron has written and recorded four dark and dramatic solo albums, Exit Wounds, The Blue Lights Of Humankind, The Avenues Of The Damned, and BelowInbetweenAbove.
Aaron continues to compose and record in his home studio. He is currently working on a fifth album entitled The Vanishing.
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Member Since: 4/3/2006
Band Members: Aaron Cahill: vocals, guitars, ukulele, keyboards, programming.
Influences: Leonard Cohen, Marc Almond, Dave Ball, Johnny Cash, Shane MacGowan, Tindersticks, Elliott Smith, Annie Hall, Morrissey, Manic Street Preachers, Gloomy Sunday,Ernest Hemingway, Depeche Mode, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'une Faun, Hunter S Thompson, Charles Aznavour, Antony & The Johnsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Christy Moore, Madness, Woody Allen, Jim Foetus, I Was Dora Suarez, George A Romero, Roy Orbison, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet,Nick Cave, Eraserhead, William Burroughs, PJ Proby, The Specials, The Dubliners, Mirrielle Mattheiu, Scott Walker, Edith Piaf, Julee Cruise, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Derek Raymond, Patsy Cline, Chris Morris, Alan Bennett, Solaris, Billy Fury, Tiny Tim, Virginia Woolf, Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, George Orwell, the unquiet Dead.
Sounds Like: a spider trying to climb out of a bathtub
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Aaron Cahill Albums Available On Nimbit

Aaron Cahill's first four albums, "Exit Wounds", "The Blue Lights Of Humankind", "The Avenues Of The Damned" and "BelowInbetweenAbove" are now available to purchase and download via Nimbit.To buy, ple...
Posted by Aaron Cahill on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:36:00 PST

2008 Is The Year Of The Vanishing

Posted by Aaron Cahill on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:21:00 PST

Almost Touching

Invisible handsReaching out toInvisible handsI don't know what it meansIt's almost touching youIt's almost touching meWhen we met I knew you were the oneAnd you're still with me even though you're go...
Posted by Aaron Cahill on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:37:00 PST

Where Was I?

A new song written by Aaron Cahill and Timothy Barson entitled Where Was I? is currently downloadable at: http://www.myspace.com/timothybarson All the best, xxxxxxxxx...
Posted by Aaron Cahill on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:57:00 PST

Le Revenant

Still hereFloating inbetween life and deathLight as a final breathNever seen, never heardAnd life goes onLe Revenant Still hereDrifting through all the yearsSmoke on the windAnd everything I've beenH...
Posted by Aaron Cahill on Sat, 12 May 2007 04:12:00 PST

The House That Died

In the house that diedThe windows criedThe doors hung open in despairThere's sadness in the air In the house that diedThe years passed byThe mirror cracked from side to sideDust hangs in the light ...
Posted by Aaron Cahill on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:42:00 PST

Bleak

BleakI can hardly speakI can hardly feelAsleep at the wheel BleakThe days turn into weeksWhen desperation drivesNo one gets out alive BleakYou're never quite asleepYou're never quite awakeIt's just ...
Posted by Aaron Cahill on Wed, 30 May 2007 11:50:00 PST

Aaron Cahill at VIRB°

You can listen to my new album BelowInbetweenAbove in its entirety at virb.com. There is also a selection of songs from my previous three albums: http://www.virb.com/aaroncahill All the best! A x...
Posted by Aaron Cahill on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:00:00 PST

Endless Novembers

The endless NovembersThe blues and the greysI can't see my handIn front of my faceIt's always so cold hereIn endless November A constant reminderOf something that diedThe layers around meI'm still co...
Posted by Aaron Cahill on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:10:00 PST

Goodbye Happy Valley

All my dreams were just dreams Everything is, sadly, just as it seems I once heard music from the ground I once saw angels in the clouds But now I just see days and days That fade away and fade away...
Posted by Aaron Cahill on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:55:00 PST