Recent blog posts about The Funeral Suits from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/funeralsuits/ 2012-02-15T16:02:09+01:00 text/html 2012-02-09T15:22:49+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4048845/funeral-suits-all-those-friendly-people/
Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Last Dinosaur, The French Kicks, The Libertines, Ambulance Ltd. Song: Funeral Suits - All Those Friendly People [download here ] [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-03T16:22:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4035133/funeral-suits-all-those-friendly-people/
Dublin-based band Funeral Suits kicked off their year of activity at Eurosonic and here we get a taste of what's ahead with a stream of their new single 'All Those Friendly People', an anthemic sounding song produced by Stephen Street which gets a release on April 19th through Tri-tone/PIAS. It's the most direct the band have sounded so far. They are on a UK tour from later this month. 2012 could be a big year for Brian James, Mik McKeogh, Greg McCarthy and Dar Grant.]]> text/html 2012-01-11T08:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3979648/eurosonic-a-preview-part-two/
Eurosonic Noorderslag is Europe's main conference and showcase festival for European music. With 180 European acts performing in more than 20 venues and over 3,000 music professionals from all over Europe attending and it's this week! In association with http://musicfromireland.org/ there are 21 Irish acts performing at EuroSonic over the next three days! In part one I discussed the fortunes of the bands playing tonight and on Thursday. Here I discuss [...]]]> text/html 2011-09-24T09:18:18+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3743768/amhrn-gach-l-the-jimmy-cake/
The Jimmy Cake joins this amazing line-up for an all day gig in Whelans tomorrow: ALLIANCE: Independent Artists for Africa A Benefit for the Concern Horn of Africa Crisis Appeal Sunday Sep 25th Doors 2pm til LATE MAIN VENUE The Former Soviet Republic 14:30-15:00 Sert One 15:15-15:45 Great Lakes Mystery 16:00-16:30 We Are Losers 16:45-17:15 Retarded Cop 17:30-18:00 Funeral Suits 18:15-18:45 BREAK Front Bar Little Green Cars Alarmist [...]]]> text/html 2011-09-04T18:41:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3704501/funeral-suits/
Funeral Suits Funeral Suits is a three piece alternative rock band based in Ireland, consisting of Brian James (vocal, guitar, synth), Mik McKeogh (bass, synth), Greg McCarthy (drums) Over the summer the trio have released three singles, including the debut single Colour Fade, Florida and the latest Health are set to be released on September [...]]]> text/html 2011-09-01T08:20:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3690794/sgtmt-birthday-mixtape-side-a/
Tweet Birthday Mixtape - Side A by Soundsgoodtometoo A year ago today I was still recovering from the Reading Festival and sat at home contemplating that perhaps my musical career was never quite going to happen. It had been over a decade since Brother Jonny and the Monks and I still hadn't learnt to actually play any instruments. Time to move on. Instead, I decided to instigate the next best thing; a music blog. 2 hours later Sounds Good [...]]]> text/html 2011-08-30T19:59:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3686355/keep-an-eye-on-funeral-suits/
Tweet Ralph, Piggy, Jack and a whole plane load of adolescent boys crash land on a Desert Island, is a 'Famous Five' style adventure about to take place? Nope. William Golding had other plans and Lord of the Flies descends into a gruesome exploration of the inner evils of mankind. As famous as that story maybe, I'll admit I never quite expected the novel would be depicted again in a music video but Funeral Suits had other ideas: [...]]]> text/html 2011-08-26T17:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3677917/video-of-the-moment-559-funeral-suits/
Disturbing. That's really the only word I can come up with to describe the new video from Funeral Suits to accompany their single 'Health'. I reviewed the single last week ( read here ), but nothing could prepare for the visuals below. Definitely the weirdest use of pig masks since the Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour'. Click here to view the embedded video.]]> text/html 2011-08-20T15:55:50+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3663297/introducing-the-funeral-suits/
Tweet I don't mean to be picky, but shouldn't The Funeral Suits be called The Wake Suits? I mean, they are from Ireland, and it was my understanding that this was more what the Irish went in for. Maybe I'm just pandering to stereotypes: I'll resist the temptation of suggesting they're avid potato fans, or three-foot tall and dressed in little green suits, or alcoholics. What they are is a Dublin-based three-piece comprising Brian James, Michael McKeogh and Greg McCarthy. You might have [...]]]> text/html 2011-08-18T11:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3658200/single-review-funeral-suits-health/
Funeral Suits are an Irish trio that makes some pretty interesting-sounding music. Now, that description might sound like I'm trying to avoid putting the band in a box. And you would be right. There's a gothic grandeur to the guitars in their upcoming single, 'Health', to be released on 26 September. The militant drumming, taken with a smarmily-delivered vocal, have more 'swagger' than the song that will never be named on TGTF, ever ( you know which one ...). This band is already looking ahead: they have slots on the BBC [...]]]> text/html 2011-08-12T12:38:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3652030/toby-kaar-live-at-the-hwch-launch-funeral-suits/
The Hard Working Class Heroes launch took place a few weeks ago, with a call to bands to submit their songs for consideration. The line-up was announced earlier this week and it's got such a wonderful and diverse grouping of bands (not from up North though - four bands) that [Read more]]]> text/html 2011-08-12T11:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3644281/listen-funeral-suits-florida-new-video/
Words: Saam Das We're rather fond of Irish trio Funeral Suits here at FG, with Jack giving them the Surfacing treatment recently. Unfortunately, their London gig this week (with fellow Surfacing alumni Pushing Hands ) was cancelled amidst our fair capital's chaos. But we have good news in the form of a video to perhaps their best track, 'Florida'. Watch and listen below. Jack described their previous single 'Colour Fade' as "oddly enchanting [...]]]> text/html 2011-08-09T08:38:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3633525/amhrn-gach-l-funeral-suits-week-of-videos/
At a time when videos are an afterthought Irish bands are producing wonderful pieces of art to compliment their compositions. Funeral Suits who are finally close to their debut album have a video for an album track 'Florida' on YouTube. In the space of a week it's notched up a tasty 1,500 views and is an indicator that the band are making waves. I also love how the band are focused on the UK market knowing full well that progress there will be news worthy here! [...]]]> text/html 2011-08-08T19:43:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3631749/music-video-monday-2/
Eleven new videos for your listening/viewing pleasure. Marina and the Diamonds - Fear and Loathing The first sneak peek from Marina and the Diamonds second album was revealed today. For the next clip, keep your eyes on this page on Monday in a week. Bitter Ruin - Trust 'Trust' by Bitter Ruin was released on [...]]]> text/html 2011-08-06T12:29:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3623138/amhrn-gach-l-rainy-boy-sleep/
Congrats to Ham Sandwich, Funeral Suits, The Minutes, General Fiasco and Rainy Boy Sleep on their inclusion onto the BBC Introducing Stage at this year's Reading/Leeds Festival. And So I Watch You From Afar and Two Door Cinema Club complete the considerable Irish contingent at the Reading/Leads festival! Here's a song from Rainy Boy Sleep who is a hotly tipped artist from Derry! Shopping Centre Song (Rainy Boy Sleep) by neonnoisestudios]]> text/html 2011-08-01T22:21:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3608635/monday-music-1-august-2011/
Maybe in August I won't be lonely. Because fuck, I'm lonely now. But I'll try and be cheerful forthis week's Monday Music: Funeral Suits - Colour Fade On the TMScricket commentary today, Geoffrey Boycott was improbably waxing about Katy Perry; his favourite things were that she voice was so pure and clear, and that it sounded, somehow, different to all the rest. That's exactly the same as I feel about Funeral Suits' vocalist Brian James. His maudlin, deep tonesreally makethis sad rock song. [There is a video that cannot be [...]]]> text/html 2011-07-28T11:17:03+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3602315/funeral-suits-florida-video/
The band follow up the brilliant 'Colour Fade' with the atmospheric and apocalyptic futuristic video for 'Florida'. It was directed by Jonathan Irwin. The band play Galway tonight, Upstairs in Whelan's on August 5th with Sacred Animals and Reading/Leeds later next month. FUNERAL SUITS-Colour Fade by Brassneckman]]> text/html 2011-07-10T21:14:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3572612/surfacing-funeral-suits/
Words: Jack Thomson Funeral Suits are a three-piece band from Ireland consisting of Brian James , Mik McKeogh and Greg McCarthy . If you were looking for a band full of fun, upbeat pop gems, Funeral Suits wont be the band for you, although their name probably gives that away. They do, however, make dark, broody and interesting songs with seemingly minimal effort. Their music [...]]]> text/html 2011-06-29T08:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3554944/amhrn-gach-l-funeral-suits/
I'll always enthusiastically write about bands aiming to bring their music to a wider audience and I'm delighted that one of our best alternative bands Funeral Suits is on the Wireless bill in Hyde Park this weekend with fellow Irish bands Fight Like Apes and Cashier No. 9: Check out the impressive single 'Colour Fade' here: FUNERAL SUITS-Colour Fade by Brassneckman [...]]]> text/html 2011-06-27T17:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3631757/funeral-suits-colour-fade/
'Colour Fade' Colour Fade is the debut single from Funeral Suits, a new trio from Dublin/Limerick, Ireland. The single is the first track announced from the high anticipated debut album due to be released later in 2011! The band has also announced a couple of tour dates; go see them if you can! July 3 [...]]]>