The new year has brought the arrival of exciting new recordings by Limerick artists. These new releases have been written, produced and recorded in Limerick, proof that the city has the creativity and the technical skills to produce quality music of the highest industry standards. Limerick Post takes a listen to some great reasons to be #limerickandproud
LIMERICK group Iron Mountain will release their debut album this month. The instrumental band based around a core sound of guitars, drums, flute and uileann pipes make music that defies categorisation. It takes elements of Post-Rock, Irish Folk Music and Kraut-Rock to form an energetic sound that is all their own and an embellishment on the members varied musical backgrounds.
Iron Mountain are Ronan Ryan (flutes), Matt Bashford (uileann pipes), Ray Murphy (drums), Damien Mullane (guitar) and Stephen Hughes (bass). The members have long musical CVs in their own right and have shared stages with The Walkmen, the War on Drugs, Spiritualised and The Fall to name a few. Bashford and Ryan hold ten All-Ireland medals for their respective instruments and have played a part in Bill Whelan’s ‘Riverdance’ on TV and radio.
A Limerick record in every sense, Unum was recorded by Owen Lewis at The Bishop’s Palace, mixed by Sean Harrold at StudioH and given its final aural sheen at WAV Mastering by Richard Dowling. Iron Mountain have created a stunning and mesmerising piece of work and will hold a Listening Party at The Red Hen Bar on Friday January 30 before heading out on tour playing The Workman’s Club, Dublin on Saturday February 7, Dolan’s, Limerick on Saturday February 14 and Fred Zeppelin’s Cork on Saturday 21.
Unum is available on CD, Download, Vinyl from HMV, Wingnut Records and on the band’s website. A live video of ‘Opium’, the album’s closing track, was made at Limerick’s Franciscan Church. The video on YouTube perfectly illustrates the group’s epic sound and dynamics.
