Bill Coleman = Guitars, Vocals, Piano.
Cormac Driver = Synth & Keyboards, some Vocals and a bit of Bass, some Glockenspiel & Guitar.
Keith O'Brien = Drums and Vocals plus Extra Rock Overdrive Switch. Plus some Piano and Vocals whenever he can be persuaded to sing...
Influences
Friends, family, things that move me, annoy me, scare me and enthuse me. Good music, conversations, movies, books...
Let's see, specifically: Bright Eyes, Ben Lee, Stina Nordenstam, Tom Mcrae, The Beatles, Neil Young, Ryan Adams, Ian Brown, Johnny Cash, Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Depeche Mode, An Emotional Fish, Eels, The Frank and Walters, Four Tet, Grant Lee Philips, Jape, Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pink Floyd, Van Morrisson, Low, Elliott Smith, Songs Ohia, Thin Lizzy, Gillian Welch, Bob Dylan, Tolkien, Orwell, Eric Schlosser, Peter Taylor, To Kill a Mocking Bird, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Of Mice and Men, The Cohen Brothers, Amores Perros, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Trading Places, Donnie Darko, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang......
Sounds Like
Damien Rice and Elvis Costello fighting over who gets to use the Moog next...
His music has been compared to Elvis Costello and the Cure amongst others. Finger plucked guitars abound, allied with two-fingered keyboard riffs, melodic vocal lines, a catchy turn of phrase and a refreshingly positive attitude. First released by Mango Music on their For Your Machine compilation (both Josh Ritter & Neosupervital were other notable contributors) he went on to release his debut EP on his own label in 2003.
Since adopted by Irish "No Disco" website irishmusiccentral.com as one to watch for the future, 2006 saw him being highlighted by Tom Dunne on his "Pet Sounds" radio show as a Rising Artist, and fitting TV & festival appearances and constant gigging into an increasingly busy schedule.
Bill's debut album "Ill Tear My Own Walls Down" was released Feb 23rd and is available physically from all good record stores in Ireland and online from iTunes + various others.
"It's getting crowded out there in singer-songwriter land, but make room for this guy..." - The Irish Times
"There hasn't been a debut album from an Irish singer/songwriter this impressive since O" - Totally Dublin
"an edgy cut above the introspective herd... consistently excellent... Don't let this one pass you by." - Magill Magazine
"Coleman cuts the Mustard!" - The Evening Herald
"We think he'll hit the big time" - Evening Echo
"...gorgeous, intimate...not to be missed" - InDublin
"A momentarily free-of-inhibitions singalong... ...we eagerly await more" - Connected Magazine
This is the "Offer Up the Hope" video made with lots of furniture and some snazzy "special" effects... Directed by Dylan Byrne
This is a video made for "The Pull of the Pint" by Aidan Holland and The Boy
Here be a live video of "Devilette" recorded earlier on this year in Tullamore.
Looking forward for tomorow, you really do have great tunes bro. Offer up the hope is my favorite at the moment... might change my mind after the gig... Peace and cheese, BenOit.
I made this album that maybe you’d be interested in. It has tall tales, big brass, quiet melodies and sometimes a pop song breaks out. There is a journal on my site of how I started it without a clue, lost faith in it more often than not and bizarrely managed to finish it - finished recording it, then finished mixing it then finished pressing and printing it. The album is called YOU’RE AN ELCTRON I’M AN ELECTRON
If you’re free on Friday 3rd October, check out my album launch in Radio City.
Hey, Thanks for the add. the Flaws - 20th Sept, Breakers, Portlaoise, €12, supported by .12 Gauge. Tickets On Sale NOW @ Kavanaghs,main street Portlaoise - 05786 21744. On November 1st we have Ham Sandwich Supported by Zing, Tickets on sale for this on sept 20th.
If you get a chance and wanna hear some new wave acoustic stuff, check out our new song "Kiddie Boom Song"! PS i really like your song "pull of the pint" and it's video! Oh and offer up the hope is deadly! Saw you on tg4 a while back, you're deadly!! Must catch a gig soon ;)
thanks Bill! like some of my favotrite irish singers and song writers, u have this beautiful voice and songs, true , moving, elegant.. and that's really what touches me in music.. so thank u....:) Love Dossano ....
I'm GRAND soooo... looking forward to your gig in Passionfruit, i don't think I've heard you play in awhile...
I'm not doing too good on the caffeine thing either, I switched to coffee one day when we were out of tea, and now I'm finding I'm having about 3-4 cups a day... and I always HATED coffee... maybe it's a 'becoming an adult' thing.
Well judging by your gig calendar, you've been keeping busy, you'll become the irish james brown as the hardest working man in show business! that was james brown wasn't it? How many times have you played the Ruby Sessions now? That's fantastic!
Give me a call when you're booked on the David Letterman show. Please?!?!?
I burst into laughter fits too. It's madness. Always glad to have excellent musicians as friends. Hope to catch a gig either here or Eire. Best wishes, MD
Hey Just to let you know the KONG is ON! This Thursday The Resistance will be the headline, Dead Flags, Peaking Tripper, The Problematic Will play in the Musical Game show... NO COVER CHARGE EVER! Free banana's 9pm 230 pm followed by DJ SET FROM KONG GONE WRONG! ( MYSpACE DJ) 4e pints I.D Needed. PRAVDA LIffey Street Hope your well...
You got my vote Bill!!! Great sound...we need to bring you to the states!! Or better yet I need to leave the states and come to your neck of the woods!!
well sailor, hows tricks pally. gonne be back in dub 24th june in crawdaddy with micheal roche - be there, if it was my show id give ya afreebee but us nordys are very generous arent we? t
