The Conall Band ESSAI Album
Check out this great new album from The Conall Band and it's wild variety of memorable songwriting and beautofully performed instrumentation from start to finish.
We're featureing a song called "Heartrbreaker" here with the very well produced music video but the whole record has some real gems and if you like this song, you'll like everything else on the release.
Bio/Info
After playing in a number of configurations in Cork, Ireland during his early 20's, Pat O'Connell relocated to New York in 1983 and took a long hiatus from making music.
It wasn't until 2010 that he began performing at open mics again and in 2015 alone he played in over 40 venues around NYC, Paris and Cork.
In 2016 he performed in 12 showcases in 11 months and by this time had written some original songs to play live and in 2017 began playing with others.
By 2018 a full line up was together with Artie Greenidge (bass), John Ragusa (woodwinds), Hugh Pool (guitars, engineering and production), and Hugh’s drummer, Keith Robinson. The guys recorded the first 10 track record dubbed This Way’s Up!
Since then, the bassist was replaced after having to leave the band bringing a final lineup together with Charlie D.
"We record in Excello Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Hugh Pool owns the studio, and in addition to all the computer gear, he has a serious, old school analogue environment. We record on 2” tape through vintage amps, and mix down, through vintage effects, through a 32-track mixing board, on to 1/2” stereo tapes. All music is mastered by Scott Hull at MasterDisk. I wanted the warm sound of tape for our records. The Live record, however, was done on ProTools, as that was what was available at the venue." explains Pat on how they tracked the new record.
You can find them on thier Spotify page or on the website directly