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| Location: | Dublin, Gorey (Ireland), Ottawa (Canada), |
| Country: |  Ireland |
| Last Login: | Oct 17, 2008 (435 days back) |
About Me |
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Official "Sprites" video by Orpheu De Jong BIOGRAPHY Angel Pier make a discordant noise through unhinged classic pop melodies. Three parts Irish to one part Canadian, Angel Pier layer looping drums and brooding bass, a confrontational guitarist with severe riff-tourettes & a melancholic vocalist with dark lyrical tendencies. The band have been kicking up a storm in North America since playing the prestigious CMJ festival and have picked up invitations to SXSW, Canadian Music Week & NXNE so far this year, picking up a North American distribution deal with Fontana Distribution as a result. Debut EP, "Bullet Holes & Broken Sectors" EP was produced by Kieran Lynch (U2, Elvis Costello, REM) & well received. “Classic indie pop” NME, “Best New Discovery” Hot Press magazine. “a classic in waiting” – MP3Hugger Angel Pier’s follow up EP "Sacrifice", with veteran producer Leo Pearson at the desk , is due September 2008. email contact {at} angelpier.com PRESS QUOTES " ....Minutes pass and the fog clears and I normally can come up with a handful of bands that deserve attention. One of them is Dublin band Angel Pier who are about to release their second EP. Their debut EP ‘Bullet Holes & Broken Sectors’ was a dazzling affair with universally strong tracks and a classic in waiting called ‘Sprites’ that coaxed raw emotion through a combination of Darragh Nolan’s shimmering vocals and a heartbreaking set of cascading instrumentation. The forthcoming ‘Sacrifice’ EP is the follow up and although it is not as immediately digestible as its predecessor it shows no less promise with 4 songs that mature beautifully once they are given time to reveal themselves (proving that much like their contemporaries Delorentos, Angel Pier are in love with detail). My favourite is ‘Make’, an intricate affair that swoops and soars like an ecstatic swallow that has just had a wing mended. The percussion on this one is particularly impressive as are Nolan’s shapeshifting vocals. Angel Pier are my tip for 2008. KD" Mp3Hugger.com "Some months back, I received a cd by this fine band, listened to it, liked it, and promptly forgot about it. That was stupid! Because I have come back to it, and there's not a bad track on it. Like one of the posts below, this is a new Irish band taking an old sound and making it work. There's even a Stone Roses melody in there, and I don't like the Stone Roses! It's quietly impressive. Like most great Irish acts, they're playing the HWCH festival coming up this weekend. Heck, you can even download another track of theirs here on the site. Wonderful. – The Torture Garden “Dublin's Angel Pier released a really great EP titled "Bullet Holes & Broken Sectors." I lost my copy for a long time but recently found it amidst some junk in a drawer. It was like a miner finding a small bit of gold.” – Ryan’s Smashing Life “Angel Pier, four lads with a natural talent for melody & lyricism, with some interesting, controlled yet expansive arrangements. Even from our lowly viewpoint, they have a ‘look at us’ presence that spills invitingly over the balcony, while their songs use playful choruses to conceal devious hearts of darkness” - InDublin, HWCH Launch Live Review "“Goth groove” hopefuls Angel Pier are only a year in existence but already they’ve wooed audiences from Galway to New York. Might they be Ireland’s next break-out success?” – HotPress magazine "Indie four-piece Angel Pier follow up their fantastic newly released "Bullet Holes & Broken Sectors" EP with a gig at the Ballroom Of Romance in Dublin on Februaray 23rd, 2007. All uplifting vocals underpinned by classic indie pop, here is a band pitched between Coldplay, My Morning Jacket and The Killers" – NME “I’m not one for blathering on about the same band. Perhaps it’s just my ADD-like tendency when it comes to listening to music of late. From time to time though a band strikes a chord (!) and I’m sold. Loney, Dear are fast becoming my favourite for 2007 along with Dublin band Angel Pier whose ‘Bullet Holes & Broken Sectors’ EP is giving my last.fm account some tough arithmetic workouts…. Their EP is a remarkably rounded effort for a band who are barely a year old with tunes such as ‘My Best New Friend’ dishing out bulging melodies, frenetic playing and Darragh Nolan’s ebullient vocal swagger. …On this evidence these particular angels could be playing with a lot of hearts in the near future.” – Mp3Hugger.com “John Walshe & Neil Brennan gaze into their crystal balls and predict the Irish acts set to cause a stir in 2007. …taking their blueprint from the Stone Roses and The Cure, and soon added Canadian guitarist Luke, whose classic blues-rock axework complemented the solid foundations, adding some discordant guitar noise to complement Darragh’s soaring, testicle-shrivelling falsetto.” – HotPress Magazine “Angel Pier… rapidly becoming the city's most feted purveyors of jangle pop. …‘Sprites’ rival’s Director’s ‘Reconnect’ as the most spine tingling Irish release of the year. Luke Paluch’s guitar shimmers endlessly and when the storming chorus shudders through Darragh Nolan’s voice it becomes a beacon of cool. Heavenly.” – Mp3Hugger.com “comparisons with fellow Dubliners Director are at once accurate and wide of the mark with Angel Piers debut EP Bullet Holes & Broken Sectors. One thing is for sure; both bands have a big role to play in the current thriving Irish scene. Angel Pier deal in perfectly crafted guitar pop in which singer Darragh Nolan laments lost love amid catchy hooks and intelligent lyrics and they have delivered handsomely on this debut. …Potential tumbles from every pore of ‘My New Best Friend”, that sense of the future, giving the impression of years ahead amassing a weight of musical maturity and emotional complexity. …Angel Pier have produced a fine debut EP and are sure to be a band to watch this year.” - Drop-d E-zine “The Awards – Angel Pier, Best New Discovery. …boy did their easily digestible alt-pop sound draw you in. Top Class stuff.” – HotPress Magazine “Angels of the CMJ Festival - With two music festivals under their belt ,Angel Pier, who just formed in January and are poised to release their debut EP in Ireland, are already making the impact of their compelling grooves felt on both sides of the water.” – Irish Voice “Edgy and angular strains are accompanied by angelic vocals on Angel Pier's decidedly Irish take on a post-punk sound--you know, processed and studio-tricked-out but ultimately warm and heavenly (and a little like that other Irish band known for their vertiginous rock 'n' roll).” - Download.com
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Music:Member Since: 4/22/2006Band Website: angelpier.com Band Members: Darragh Nolan, Luke Paluch, Vinny Redmond, Mark Colbert. Influences: The Stone Roses, The Cure, The Pixies, The Beatles, David Bowie, Radiohead, Joy Division, Grandaddy. Sounds Like: The Stone Roses, The Cure, The Pixies, The Beatles, David Bowie, Radiohead, Joy Division, Grandaddy, Angel Pier. : Angel Pier http://angelpier.bebo.com/ Sprites is Track Of The Week in Alternative Rock on Garageband January 28th 2008 Sprites is Track of the Day in Rock on Garageband January 3rd 2008 My New Best Friend is track of the day in Alternative Rock on Garageband October 20th 2007 Sprites is track of the day in Alternative Rock on Garageband on 20 September 2007 Pray is track of the day in Alternative Rock on Garageband on 9 September 2007 ADDITIONAL GARAGEBAND AWARDS : MY NEW BEST FRIEND: : 1 Feel Good Track in Alternative Rock, all-time Best Drums in Alternative Rock, week of 7Jan2008 Best Drums in Alternative Rock, week of 29Oct2007 Best Melody in Alternative Rock, week of 6Aug2007 Most Original in Alternative Rock, week of 6Aug2007 Most Original in Alternative Rock, week of 29Oct2007 Feel Good Track overall, week of 6Aug2007 Feel Good Track in Alternative Rock, week of 6Aug2007 PRAY: : Best Production in Alternative Rock, week of 17Sep2007 Best Melody in Alternative Rock, week of 6Aug2007 Chill-Out Track in Alternative Rock, week of 13Aug2007 ANGEL PIER ON GARAGEBAND Type of Label: None |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Alternative / Indie / Other) |
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Angel Pier live on Phantom |
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| We'll be playing a live session on Phantom FM next Tuesday the 26th August around 8 O' Clock (GMT). We'll be playing "Make" from our forthcoming "Sacrifice" EP & new unheard track "Paper Torn" live on... Posted by ANGEL PIER on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:56:00 PST |
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We Need Your HELP! Be a PART of our music video! |
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| Hey all,We need your help to put together a music video for our new single "Emily". We need anyone with a camera or video camera or phone to take clips of us at our gig on Saturday in Whelans when we'... Posted by ANGEL PIER on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:43:00 PST |
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Whelans 9th August |
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| We can finally annouce our Whelans gig which will be in exactly one months time!. Come August 9th 2008 we'll be playing Whelans with two fricking amazing bands, A Lazarus Soul & Sanzkrit. Go check out... Posted by ANGEL PIER on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:38:00 PST |
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Request Sprites |
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| Hello lovely People, we'd love your help to get Sprites played on Irish radio. We're releasing "Sprites" as a single on July 1st and have just sent it to radio, so if you've got the time & inclination... Posted by ANGEL PIER on Thu, 29 May 2008 01:41:00 PST |
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IMRO Showcase CD 2008 - Free with Daily Star this Friday |
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| The nice people at IMRO have included us on their compilation that's free with the Daily Star this coming Friday 18th April. Cover and tracklisting below...""In terms of catching what's hot out there,... Posted by ANGEL PIER on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:51:00 PST |
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Check out this event: Angel Pier / Sanzkrit / The Ambience Affair |
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| Hosted By: ANGEL PIER When: Apr 5, 2008 8:00 PMWhere: Radio CityStore Street, Dublin 1Dublin, Dublin|124 IrelandDescription:ANGEL PIER Click Here To View Event... Posted by ANGEL PIER on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:18:00 PST |
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2 New Tracks |
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| We’ve just put up the final mix of "Sacrifice" & new track "Skulls & Xs" from our forthcoming "Sacrifice" EP. Have a listen or two and let us know what you think. Thanks for listening fo... Posted by ANGEL PIER on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:16:00 PST |
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Canadian Tour / SXSW |
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| Luke has been blogging his little ass off on our site http://www.angelpier.com with ramblings of our trip to his native land, we’ll be rolling out further tales & pics over the coming week once ... Posted by ANGEL PIER on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:52:00 PST |
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New Angel Pier Site Up |
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| Just a quick line to announce our new site, which is completely blog based so we can update it as regularily as we have something to say. We'll be documenting our progress & journeys across Canada & t... Posted by ANGEL PIER on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:28:00 PST |
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Home Coming |
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| Canada&hmmmm, BBQ summers, cold ass winters, hockey at your local rink, hockey for 10months of the year (depending who makes it to the finals), Beavertails and skating on the longest skating rink in ... Posted by ANGEL PIER on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:55:00 PST |
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Darragh, Stephiie. [gangster much?], Silentpoet, Neelie, Eimear, Kevin, doomy, Roisin Jones - Photography, FantoaLysteria, Sara, Rhoda, Lisa, I don't like tea, She Makes War, Sarah, [abbey], Jon, Dani, mel, Rose, FANTASTIQUE UNIQUE ANIEKY WEIKY!, ALEXXX, Stytzer, Typhus Hideous, Dad Records, likeKings, Control Yourself, Le GALAXIE, Kumiko & cowards, SUB ROSA, Citadels, Chrome Horse, Sandy, Charlie B, clara, Walter Mitty and The Realists, Tickle Me Pink, Needs Rx, Autamata, SteveReddy, Joseph Swidenbank & ?, .Kacey., *~CooKIE~*, Sab, Revolver Presents, .elly., AMOS, ☆Rio☆, Rookie Mistake !!, stephie, DumpyDumbo, Stefani Jaxsn, Sheena, Jo, Sanchez, Cami, giovanni matteo, Joe, Assis, Reclaim
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