Mondegreen Records releases new album from Garrett Wall Band
'Supremely tight ensemble', Hotpress, Ireland
"A worthy re-introducion to Walls talent for irish music fans...
Mondegreen Records releases new album from Garrett Wall Band
'Supremely tight ensemble', Hotpress, Ireland
"A worthy re-introducion to Walls talent for irish music fans"
Jackie Hayden, Hot Press 3.5/5
"Acoustic introspection is the order of the day, skilfully embellished with sprightly trumpets, flamenco box drums and guest vocals from Spanish singer Lua on the melancholy lead single, Is There No Freedom?
Mundy and Paddy Casey fans should find plenty to enjoy, while a mandolin-driven version of the WB Yeats poem, Never Give All the Heart, lends proceedings an extra touch of class. Well worth investigating."
Sunday Business Post AL 3/4
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Madrid-based Garrett Wall Band release Hands & Imperfections in Ireland on February 19th
In 2007 they released their first album, Sky Pointing, recorded live over three days and mixed in Nashville by David Ferguson, known for his work with Rick Rubin on the American Recordings of Johnny Cash.
That first CD of the GWB marked a point of departure for future recordings: a clean and powerful acoustic concept in which each of the four members – Garrett Wall (guitar/piano/voice), Howard Brown (trumpet/voice), Robbie K. Jones (cajón) and Dave Mooney (bass/double bass) – form a cornerstone in the foundation of the group’s sound.
The GWB’s sophomore effort, Hands & Imperfections, stays true to the group’s identity: trumpet where electric guitar would be typical and cajón instead of drums. The clearest addition to the sound is the Fender Rhodes & piano work throughout the album and Dave’s booming double bass in The Ballad of an Exorcism and Worst Case Scenario. Howard’s voice plays a bigger role and he contributes a piano solo piece. Robbie uses more cymbals and percussion to complement the cajón and one track uses simple, but driving, foot stomps, clicks and claps.
Another notable development is found in select collaborations. The first single, Is There No Freedom?, features a duet between Garrett and the female voice of Lua, the lead singer of the Spanish band We Are Balboa. Never give all the Heart closes the album with the pretty-picking American mandolin great Tom Corbett.
The key collaboration however is the work of producer Josh Tampico whose hand in the recording and direction of the album helped the GWB capture a sound that is very much their own: an international reaching band with roots in Madrid. While the four members are from Ireland, the UK and the USA - the use of palmas in The Ballad of an Exorcism gives evidence of the GWB’s life in Spain.
Wall continues to write and sing for cinema and TV in Spain and was recently invited to perform the closing-titles song to movie Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds, which has been the big hit at Sundance this year.
http://www.garrettwall.net
http://www.myspace.com/garrettwall
http://www.mondegreenrecords.com
Mondegreen Records S.L., c/ Eduardo Benot 4, Esc 1, 2C 28008 Madrid info@mondegreenrecords.com
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