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Just confirmed, and very exciting.
“On Thursday October 2nd at 8pm, The JK Ensemble hosts to an extraordinary gathering of jazz, contemporary, classical and popular music artists. John Kelly presents The JK Ensemble Sessions live from the stage at the Button Factory, Temple Bar. Joining him will be The Jimmy Cake; Bill Carrothers with Kevin Brady and Dave Redmond; Carly Sings and the Callino Quartet; Chequerboard and the new and exciting Ensemble ICC.
Booking is now open by visiting the Button Factory website. But get in quick – this is one gig that will sell out fast!”
And you can avoid bowdowntomeiamyourticketmaster as well, which is a bonus, that doesn’t come with a handling charge. Mister Kelly is alright, take it from me. We once did this for him, and consequently changed the song name to “John Kelly”.
Some french dude reviewed the album.
seeing as the only french i know is the repeatedly pardonable type, i chucked it into Babelfish and got this
“If the bad taste posted on the small pocket is not prone to polemic, that is it necessary to think of the contents delivered by this vast troop from Dublin? Third album on behalf of the label Pilatus, Spectre and Crown follows in a way applied and school of the boulevards stripped of obstacles, in a kind which one will describe as orchestral and conclusive post-rock’n'roll (and by-there same a tedious hair). Imagine one moment C Make Say Think which would have even gathered widened its panoply instrumental (battery, guitars, eloquent section of cords and coppers, banjo, winds, accordion, piano, Rhodos….) but would have left in the ditch its samples always relevant, its inventiveness and its audacity, to become a disciplined pupil. One imagines the group gifted and capable of smoothnesses (delicate muddle of harmonics and crystalline tics-tacs of Hugs for Buddy for example), but too quickly and too often, it embourbe in some a little agreed heavinesses. Thus, The day the arms that cam out off the wall begins as from Mogwai to weak health finishing leaded and bitch by coppers and an accordion lumps; Red Tony and Jetta’ S de luxe hotel appear a tiresome tantinet, the fault with a piano at the very least insistent and re-sifting. The art off wrecking varies the climates and marks a truce put in its by cords tristounes which are expressed with more reserve than in addition, on bottom of rain and parasitized radio sequences. Some flashes which challenge but are not enough to make convincing an album which misses ardour fundamentally and of corrosive.”
Not really complimentary, but oddly beautiful. Jetta’s deluxe Hotel, eh? That’s where Paul lives. in a deluxe hotel. Really. I’ve been there.
There’s been a lot of talk about this last album, maybe, maybe too much talk. This record is not a rebel record, but it’s available from Aquarius Records in SF.
To whit:
Six years later, the band has really mellowed out, harkening back to their debut, Brains, but with even more of an emphasis on the cinematic side of things. Utilizing an unlikely arsenal of instruments (at least for an ostensibly ‘rock’ band), clarinet, trumpet, saxophone, piano synths and accordion along with the usual guitar bass and drums, the band use the piano as the focal point, crafting swirling slow building epics, that really do sound like music pulled from some strange indie soundtrack. It’s all instrumental too, so it’s easy to hear bits of the Tindersticks, the Dirty 3, Arab Strap, in the Jimmy Cake’s melancholy moodiness. The horns are used more for texture and drone out in dark harmonies, the guitars are spidery and minimal, the drums often a subtle shuffle, the gorgeous blend of strings and horns and accordions afford each track a distinct grandness that glows regally. Another definite reference point is the Rachel’s, the sound is distinctly chamber music-esque, but set in a more post rock context. Think the Drift, old Tarentel, very evocative and strangely Eastern European in places, with some more experimental tracks of long shimmery dronemusic and drifting harmonics here and there, separating the more (almost) rocking tracks, as a whole creating the perfect imaginary soundtrack for a movie filled with dark moonlit nights, lonely strolls, cobblestone streets, rolling hills, grey skies, rain against windows, and brief bits of sunlight. Lovely.”State magazine’s latest opus has on it’s cover a cd, and contained within is our track “Haunted Candle” from Spectre and Crown. Furthermore, State has actually dropped it’s price, probably because we’re back, hanging around, stinking up the place. SO, go and buy it, unless of course you already have the album. Buy it anyway. Unless of course you’re some perverted weirdo or a journalist.
