Adrian Crowley biog added...
Adrian Crowley is a self-taught guitarist from Dublin who sings disparate songs with a deep, gentle voice, and writes touching ballads with a sensitive flair. He was nominated for a Choice Music Award in 2007 (Ireland’s version of the Mercury Music Prize) for his latest album ‘Long Distance Swimmer’.
Adrian has toured extensively with Adem, James Yorkston, Damon & Naomi (ex- Galaxie 500), and Hood. He has also shared the bill with Animal Collective, Jose Gonzalez, The Fence Collective, Arab Strap, Badly Drawn Boy and has recorded with Steve Albini. In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Ryan Adams named Crowley one of his favourite underground songwriters.
“The minute you hear Adrian’s soft, woozy monotone crack into song, and reverberate through the speakers, you'll drift away. He plays the electric guitar, rocking it around his waist, and bending the neck to produce a shudderingly ambient and sonorous ringing sound. His music hits you like the fever you get when you come in from the cold, sending your temperature soaring.” [Fence Records]
“a lo-fi, high-intensity collection of acoustic musings that suggest Van Morrison singing with Red House Painters... Star of the Harbour and Brother at Sea evoke the opiate slow-core of Low or Codeine.” [The Guardian]
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