The Walls-New EP
Irelands finest exports,The Walls, are proud to announce the release of their new EP 'Bird in a Cage', the EP is available now and the band will be playing a Belfast show in October to mark the release.
The EP can be purchased from:
The title track "Bird in a Cage" is available to download for free for a limited time from www.thewalls.ie.
The band will be playing in Belfast on
Thursday 06th October – The Black Box, Belfast
18-22 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LA
Booking info – tickets from www.blackboxbelfast.com or in person at the venue. £12/£10 concession. Doors 8pm
18-22 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LA
Booking info – tickets from www.blackboxbelfast.com or in person at the venue. £12/£10 concession. Doors 8pm
The Walls
Having returned a few months earlier from a two-year label stint in London, The Walls
played their first gig in Bruxelles, Dublin, in 1998. Fronted by brothers Steve and Joe
Wall – previously of multi-platinum Irish band The Stunning – the band included new
members Carl Harms on guitar and keyboards and Rory Doyle on drums.
They set up their own label, Earshot Records (later changing it to Dirtbird Records)
and recorded and released a string of singles. Their debut album Hi-Lo was released in
May 2000 to brilliant reviews. One of the album tracks, Bone Deep, finally clicked with
radio and put the band on the map. Many of the songs have featured on a number of TV
series and feature films such as Dead Bodies, Goldfish Memory and the cult film On
the Edge, starring Cillian Murphy.
In 2002 The Walls were invited by U2 to play at their second sold-out Slane Castle show
after sending the band copies of their debut album. They played to a massive crowd the
same day Ireland beat Holland to qualify for the World Cup.
after sending the band copies of their debut album. They played to a massive crowd the
same day Ireland beat Holland to qualify for the World Cup.
In February 2004 original member Carl Harms left the band. They recruited bassist Jon
O’Connell who had just two weeks to learn all the songs before a two week tour of the
new EU accession states, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
For the next album they went to Studio Black Box in France to record with producer
and ex-The Frames guitarist David Odlum. The band loved the sound of recent albums
by Wilco and Kings of Leon and they concentrated on capturing the magic of a great live
performance – four guys in a room doing take after take and trying not to lose the soul of
the music in the process.
O’Connell who had just two weeks to learn all the songs before a two week tour of the
new EU accession states, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
For the next album they went to Studio Black Box in France to record with producer
and ex-The Frames guitarist David Odlum. The band loved the sound of recent albums
by Wilco and Kings of Leon and they concentrated on capturing the magic of a great live
performance – four guys in a room doing take after take and trying not to lose the soul of
the music in the process.
In Oct 2004 they released a taster, The Drowning Pool EP. Drowning Pool, a blistering,
spleen-venting, blues explosion, two minutes fifty two seconds in length, took people by
surprise and divided opinion – exactly what the band wanted. They supported Bob Dylan
to a capacity crowd in Galway that summer and played a storming set that showed there
were changes afoot in The Walls sound.
spleen-venting, blues explosion, two minutes fifty two seconds in length, took people by
surprise and divided opinion – exactly what the band wanted. They supported Bob Dylan
to a capacity crowd in Galway that summer and played a storming set that showed there
were changes afoot in The Walls sound.
By March 2005 the album was finally finished. They called it New Dawn Breaking after
the final and longest track on the record. The album went straight into the Irish charts
at No.5 in the first week of June 2005 and has since reached gold status in Ireland.
Passing Through, the second single taken from the album, was one of the most played
tracks on Irish radio that summer. The album also featured the band’s biggest song –
To the Bright and Shining Sun – with that infectious guitar riff which helped The Walls
become a household name when it was used on a major TV commercial two years
previous.
the final and longest track on the record. The album went straight into the Irish charts
at No.5 in the first week of June 2005 and has since reached gold status in Ireland.
Passing Through, the second single taken from the album, was one of the most played
tracks on Irish radio that summer. The album also featured the band’s biggest song –
To the Bright and Shining Sun – with that infectious guitar riff which helped The Walls
become a household name when it was used on a major TV commercial two years
previous.
In order to play the new album properly the band decided they needed an extra pair of
hands and Marc Aubele joined the band on keyboards and guitar.
In March 2006 they traveled to the United States where they played to packed houses
in New York, LA and Austin Texas as part of the SXSW Music festival and they were
invited by Nic Harcourt to perform a session on his legendary “Morning Becomes
Eclectic” show on KCRW in Santa Monica.
hands and Marc Aubele joined the band on keyboards and guitar.
In March 2006 they traveled to the United States where they played to packed houses
in New York, LA and Austin Texas as part of the SXSW Music festival and they were
invited by Nic Harcourt to perform a session on his legendary “Morning Becomes
Eclectic” show on KCRW in Santa Monica.
Over the following years the band played in France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Austria and undertook their first ever trip to Australia where Crowded House offered
them lucrative support slots on their massive re-union gigs in Sydney and Melbourne in
2007.
Austria and undertook their first ever trip to Australia where Crowded House offered
them lucrative support slots on their massive re-union gigs in Sydney and Melbourne in
2007.
The band built their own recording studio in Dublin and in 2008 they retreated into the
darkness to work on album number three. Work has finished and the album will be
released in 2011.
darkness to work on album number three. Work has finished and the album will be
released in 2011.
Steve and Joe took a break from recording to perform a set of new songs at the SXSW
Music Festival in Austin Texas on March 2010. The following June they released a
double A-sided single “Carrying the Fire” and “Phantom Power”, both tracks from the
forthcoming album “Stop the Lights” due to be released later in 2011.
Music Festival in Austin Texas on March 2010. The following June they released a
double A-sided single “Carrying the Fire” and “Phantom Power”, both tracks from the
forthcoming album “Stop the Lights” due to be released later in 2011.
A four-track EP “Bird in a Cage” will be released in Southern Ireland in March 2011, containing two tracks
from the album and two previously unreleased songs. The EP saw a host of Radio play including RTE,
Today FM playlisting the lead track 'Bird in a cage'.
from the album and two previously unreleased songs. The EP saw a host of Radio play including RTE,
Today FM playlisting the lead track 'Bird in a cage'.
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