Release Date: 29 June 2018
Label: Reveal Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0713179439662
Genres: Folk
Release Date: 29 June 2018
Label: Reveal Records
Packaging Type: Custom Packaging
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 0713179439686
Genres: Folk
Description
Eamon O'Leary is 'one of the deepest musicians and songwriters out there - a secret weapon, an underground hero' (Sam Amidon). ' His songs so perfectly capture the moments that are not usually noticed, the moments that make life precious and worth it. He sings with a gentle modest knowing that everything is like it is because it is that way. He doesn’t sound like Leonard Cohen but I feel the same when I listen. What he does is timeless and classic; some of the best music I’ve heard in a long time' (Joan As Police Woman).
Eamon O'Leary is a songwriter from New York's Lower East Side, originally from Dublin, Ireland. 'All Souls' his first album for Reveal Records was entirely self-written, and recorded with Jefferson Hamer (Anais Mitchell), and Benjamin Lazar Davis (Cuddle Magic, Joan As Police Woman, Okkervill River). A beautiful, sparse album of darkness and light.
All Souls is ten songs that highlight O'Leary's musical talent and his knack for writing heartfelt, poetic lyrics. Like Leonard Cohen, Smog, Jackson C. Frank and Palace before him, this is music from deep within the mind and from the soul, personal stories wrapped in extremely delicate layers of sound. Eamon O'Leary has spent twenty years in New York developing his songcraft, appearing live and collaborating with esteemed artists such as Sam Amidon, Beth Orton, Bonnie Prince Billy, Anais Mitchell, Anna and Elizabeth, Martin Hayes (The Gloaming) Jefferson Hamer, Bridget Kearney (Lake Street Dive) and Benjamin Lazar Davis.
eamon o'leary - voice, guitar
benjamin lazar davis - voice, drums, baritone guitar, pump organ, glockenspiel
bridget kearney - voice, bass
emily miller - voice
thomas bryan eaton - pedal steel
jefferson hamer - electric guitar (4,8)
recorded and mixed by jefferson hamer
Album of The Month May 2018 FRUK
Description
Strictly Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl with Bonus CD album
insert and lyric inlay. Same Tracks on Vinyl and CD formats
Eamon O'Leary is songwriter from New York's Lower East Side, originally from Dublin, Ireland. 'All Souls' his first album for Reveal Records was entirely self-written, and recorded with Jefferson Hamer (Anais Mitchell), and Benjamin Lazar Davis (Cuddle Magic, Joan As Police Woman, Okkervill River). A beautiful, sparse album of darkness and light.
All Souls is ten songs that highlight O'Leary's musical talent and his knack for writing heartfelt, poetic lyrics. Like Leonard Cohen, Smog, Jackson C. Frank and Palace before him, this is music from deep within the mind and from the soul, personal stories wrapped in extremely delicate layers of sound. Eamon O'Leary has spent twenty years in New York developing his songcraft, appearing live and collaborating with esteemed artists such as Sam Amidon, Beth Orton, Glen Hansard, Bonnie Prince Billy, Anais Mitchell, Anna and Elizabeth, Martin Hayes (The Gloaming) Jefferson Hamer, Bridget Kearney (Lake Street Dive) and Benjamin Lazar Davis.
"Eamon O'Leary is one of the deepest musicians and songwriters out there... a secret weapon, an underground hero."
Sam Amidon
"Eamon O'Leary's songs, no matter how familiar I am with them, make me well up each time I hear them. This is not because they are sad or tragic or miserable but because they so perfectly capture the moments that are not usually noticed, the moments that make life precious and worth it. He sings with a gentle modest knowing that everything is like it is because it is that way. He doesn't sound like 8234;Leonard Cohen 8236; 8236; 8236; but I feel the same when I listen. What he does is timeless and classic; some of the best music I've heard in a long time."
Joan As Police Woman
"When listening to Eamon O'Leary's lyrics/music there is a timeless simplicity combined with a specificity and mixed with an understated vibe that tops anything i've ever heard/thought about. He is one of those people who has something in his eyes that says, "i know something nobody else knows". The music reflects that perfectly. This is my favourite record I''ve ever had the pleasure of working on"
Benjamin Lazar Davis
eamon o'leary - voice, guitar
benjamin lazar davis - voice, drums, baritone guitar, pump organ, glockenspiel
bridget kearney - voice, bass
emily miller - voice
thomas bryan eaton - pedal steel
jefferson hamer - electric guitar (4,8)
recorded and mixed by jefferson hamer
at humble abode studios, west hurley, ny
additional recording by benjamin lazar davis and thomas bryan eaton in brooklyn, ny.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Kris Drever
Various Artists
Aidan O'Rourke
Boo Hewerdine
Boo Hewerdine
Lau
John Douglas
Eddi Reader
Eamon O'Leary
