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>> THE SLEEPING YEARS
- "We're Becoming Islands One By One"
‘We’re becoming islands one by one’ is
the debut album by Dale Grundle’s new project The Sleeping
Years.
Recorded in London, it follows on from the successful
trilogy of EPs released in 2007. Born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland,
Dale started his first band Catchers while at school. Their
debut album ‘Mute’ was recorded with Mike Hedges in France
and released on Setanta Records. Dale went on to tour with Pulp,
Edwyn Collins, The Divine Comedy, Dr. John and Oasis. Catchers
recorded their second album ‘Stooping to Fit’ with Nick Drake’s
arranger Robert Kirby.
The Sleeping Years’ music has been featured on
BBC Radio 1’s Introducing, in the Guardian writers’ playlist and
on a cover mount with Rolling Stone magazine. Dale has also been
heavily played on Gideon Coe's BBC 6music show and on French radio
– with each EP being championed by Bernard Lenoir.
On ‘We’re becoming islands one by one’ Dale sings
and plays guitar on most songs, but he also takes on the bass,
piano, Hammond organ, Rhodes piano and e-bow parts. Michelle So
joins him on cello and piano and Tom Page from Rothko plays the
drums. Ben Eshmade guests on French horn. All hand claps and foot
stomps on ‘Macosquin, Coleraine’ and ‘Islands’ are shared by the
band.
Produced by Dale, ‘We’re becoming islands…’ features
songs influenced by the language and culture of his home in Ireland.
Dale sings of people trying to stay connected in a world seemingly
designed to keep them apart. The album even features a Dictaphone
recording of his father speaking by the lockkeeper’s cottage where
he grew up.
The album was recorded in The Smokehouse by Ian
Dowling and at The 22nd House by Dale. It was mastered at Skye
Mastering by Denis Blackham.
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THE SLEEPING YEARS -
"We're Becoming Islands One By One"
1. Setting fire to sleepy towns - 2. The
lockkeeper’s cottage - 3. You and me against the world -
4. The shape of things to come - 5. Macosquin, Coleraine
- 6. Broken homes - 7. Clocks and clones - 8. Human blues
- 9. Dressed for rain - 10. Islands
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