From beginnings as a studio project based around the songs of Alan Kelly and the studio wizardry of Marc Carolan,The Last Post expand to a group line up to support Scottish indie darlings Camera Obscura in Galway and Dublin August 19th & 20th. New band, new songs, new dreams, schemes and themes..
Reviews for the Meteor Award nominated "Dry Land' album:
"As The Last Post, his brand of sophisticated pop owes a debt to sixties greats such as Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. Layering strings and horns with drums and harmonised vocals, Kelly creates lavish yet still-intimate arrangements.
Late night listening from a fragile world."
RTE GUIDE.
"Multi-layered, mellow and sumptuously melodic, Dry Land, the follow - up to the well received debut Love Lost, is a quiet triumph for songwriter Alan Kelly, who effectively is The Last Post. Recalling everyone from the inspired amateurism of Belle & Sebastian to The Cocteau Twins low-key melancholia, with elements of Jeff Buckley and The Beach Boys, Dry Land betrays a heavy heart.A late - night, early - morning album, if ever there was one - a broken heart rarely sounded this compelling."
HOT PRESS.
"Love Lost, Alan Kelly's debut album as The Last Post from 2000, was a beautifully conceived collection of heartbreak pop music. Yet even as one of the most accomplished albums of the year, it practically wilts next to it's successor, Dry Land. Dry Land is an oasis of everything that's good about modern pop music, songs articulate in longing, loneliness and hope. Not only has Kelly orchestrated a romance of real strings and crescendo guitar chords, he has rewritten the book on vocal harmonies. Check out his pitch-perfect sing-a-long with David Kitt on Only thing that eases the pain, or the incredible Cocteau Twins-style constellation of voices on Change. The Last Post is a national treasure."
THE TICKET.
