God Help the Go Away Birds
By far the most interesting elements on the God Help The Girl record earlier this year were the vocals from Catherine Ireton. Her crisp, emotive vocals gave life to the character of Eve throughout the story. Encouraged to find some more of her work, I came upon The Go Away Birds.
I can’t really tell if the band is a main project or just something on the side, but they do have two EPs out, both of which are available for free. The band is a two piece made up of Ireton and Michael John McCarthy, and apparently they have enough songs to put out “an EP each season for the next 8 years or so.”
Which is fantastic news given how good the first two are. While taking a far more laid back acoustic tack to the songs, Ireton’s vocals are still the star of the proceedings. She just has an uncanny ability to put across feeling even without the words themselves. If these songs were in a foreign language, the basic underpinnings of them could still be understood. She’s regretful, vulnerable, terse or whatever else the songs require of her. There’s a hell of a lot of talent here, and these songs feel like just the beginning.
Sundays is available for download from the band’s website in exchange for your email address. Previous EP Bells is available on a nicely hidden page of the same site.
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