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About Me

Surly is an experimental music group. We met in school and started calling ourselves Surly in 2003.

The reason we play music is to find some transcendence in it. "What a pretentious and meaningless piece of dung", I hear you shout, "What is it that you're trying to transcend?" you might say. Being the cynic that I am I'm happy to have beaten you to your position of cynicism - but cynicism has taught me something about happiness, and it's that joy is not to be found in cynicism. So, I'll return to my arty pap, for the sake of self-preservation. Liam recently quoted me Wordsworth as having said that poetry "takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity" to best explain his reason for being a musician. I think there's something in that. And I think that justifies my obdurate defense of my first statement here. Isn't that what you can best hope art to do; allow the appreciator to experience an emotion that you felt compelled to relive through art?This is what we would love our music to offer to you; moments of transcendence found in the recognition of sincere emotion relived in art.With slight interruption from intermittent musical [email protected]

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Member Since: 21/04/2006
Band Website: http://surlyincorporated.blogspot.com/
Band Members: Mike Noonan, Kieran Nunan, Liam O'Byrne, Kevin Quigley
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

News

We're back. Expect a concert announcement in the next few weeks. We will be revealing some new material in the next month. Concert dates will appear here and on bebo. New material is likely to appear ...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:17:00 GMT

How to join our mailing list

To join our mailing list send us a short email stating that it's what you'd like to do at [email protected]. Surly
Posted by on Tue, 02 May 2006 16:29:00 GMT

News vs Ramblings

News to be found here. For our ramblings visit surlyincorporated.blogspot.com
Posted by on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:57:00 GMT

Exodus

Exodus may be an exaggeration. Mike and Kieran will be in America for the Summer. This is a sad reality. Our upcoming EP will go unreleased until the band is reunited. However, it'll probably end up c...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 17:41:00 GMT