It's a short, but sweet blog post this Friday, with who fantastic emerging bands. They're unsigned and growing in popularity: Blind Pilots and Crooked Mountain Crooked Sea. Two small-time bands that you need in your life- who have blessed you with some free music.
Blind Pilots, hailing from Dundalk, are an atmospheric indie-pop quartet who originally formed as a bunch of sixteen year-old schoolboys, but continued to make fantastic music, up to their current ages of 21. At this age they are releasing their physical double a-side single Rosé Cheeks/Cocktail on August 28th.
Before now, in 2008, they dropped their debut EP, The Toys Have Gone Berserk, which was given critical acclaim from reviewers and music fans, bringing a great deal of popularity and strength to the group- so far as that they've played support to big names such as Fight Like Apes, Ham Sandwich and Giveamanakick.
They're playing tomorrow, Saturday 14th, in O'Neills in Maynooth (Co. Kildare), August 17th in Matt the Millers in Kilkenny and August 28th in Spirit Store, Dundalk, alongside many other Irish dates. It's well worth checking these guys out live.
The single is available for download free of charge now at bandcamp.
Listen: http://blindpilotsofficial.com/
Download: http://blindpilots.bandcamp.com/
Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea are a post-rock four piece from Brighton with influences and similarities found in bands such as Fugazi and At The Drive-In. They've started to do some touring, and have picked up some support from Tom Robinson of BBC Radio 6, to name but a few.
Their latest EP, "I Watched It From The Roadside", is out now featuring six solid tracks that you're sure to love, if you want something dark, powerful and deep, with poignant lyrics and quality hooks.
The group will be playing London (Old Blue Last, Aug 17th), Bristol (Mother’s Ruin, Aug 18th) and Brighton on August 19th at Hector's House. They're sure to make a stop in Ireland in the future, as their name is undoubtadely going to be a familar one to rock fans alike on these shores.
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Listen: http://www.myspace.com/crookedmountaincrookedsea
Buy: http://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/its-falling-that-counts-not/id354123049
Have a listen and tell me what you think. I'm sure you'll really enjoy these.
