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"a festival of colours" by the matinée idles (aka kevin barry) self released in April 2014 on "4 cats the bird & the baby"records.
Biography
"..a record that must go down as one of the most different and artistic efforts to come out of Ireland in a long, long time..." - GoldenPlec.com
".. this is a great album and it will probably feature on a number of "Best of 2014" lists.."
- U&I Music Magazine
"A deeply atmospheric record, A Festival of Colours bustles with musicality and glistening soundscapes. Tinged with post-rock and indie motifs the album is a serene, yet powerful journey into Kevin Barry’s music."
- The Last Mixtape
"the matinée idles" (aka kevin barry), formed in Dublin after he released his debut album "looking for Murphy."
In April 2014 "a festival of colours" his second album was released on his own record label "4 cats the bird & the baby."
the name "the matinée idles" came from his love of film & the sound you get is described as "lyrically dark, atmospheric & cinematic"
the matinée idles,deliver songs for films, cinematic indie music, accompanied by angelic harmonies and determined influential lyrics, grown from the absolute disdain of commercial music, influenced by artists: thom yorke(radiohead), peter gabriel,modest mouse, led zeplin.
t.m.i.(kevin barry) are from Dublin,Ireland.
Following the release Kevin signed a 3 year licensing deal for 4 of his songs to a publishing company in the USA. They have placed songs in numerous Hollywood block buster films; their placements include music in Academy Award-winning films such as “Brokeback Mountain”, “The Blind Side” and “A Beautiful Mind”; Emmy-winning shows such as “Six Feet Under”, “Breaking Bad”, “Damages”, and “House”
All tracks were, written,arranged,engineered & produced by Kevin Barry ©2014
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