My OK Hotel - When The Ship Sinks We Stick Together

"On empty streets I stood silent struck with fear, As the city was waking the noise became so clear, The lights kept my eyes shut too bright too strong for me, As the countrysides sleeping and the city shouts at me, And it passed me by…"

The 2007 EP from My OK Hotel brought us a direct and simple debut from the rising Kildare band. Released on indie label Death To Cassette Records, When The Ship Sinks We Stick Together leads off with a tight and delicate delivery of Too Bright, with touches of Snow Patrol-esque harmonies and strong-felt songwriting.


A more subtle Man On Ambulance follows with touches of Elliot Smith and Sparklehorse, rumbling along quite elegantly with a slight alt-country propulsion, while the title track brings out some crunch over another soft and gentle vocal to the tune of calming and waiting through deceptions as the proverbial ship sinks. Closing out with People and Trains, we have a delicate indie lullaby not all that dissimilar to some of Sparklehorses' third album, It's A Wonderful Life. All tracks are available free to download from the My OK Hotel website.

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http://www.myokhotel.com/

http://www.myokhotelareonbebo.bebo.com/

http://www.myspace.com/myokhotel

Neon Flea Circus - Go For The Juggler EP

Come what come May... 2007 saw release of the Neon Flea Circus' Go For The Juggler on Moon Icicle. While a circus is most commonly a travelling candy of performers that may include acrobats, apesgrapes, animals, trapeze acts and hula hoopers, the Neon Flea Circus requires some tequila to get your head around.


While funk beats and blues might not be the cornerstone of underground music championed here, brush-ins with psychedelia and a taint of King Leer debauchery make for compelling listening. The Neon Flea Circus are Cork City's answer to all you'll ever need in an off-centre funk of early Chilli Peppers. Though tainted sulphur and brimstone theatre, they have enough to make one warm more to the fire of lounged out Forbidden Fruit than that frenetic rub of the Skinny Sweaty Man In A Green Suit. Oh.. what have you done.. it started out and you thought it would be fun..... The choice song has to be King Lear, with touches of everything from Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds to a jazz lounge act in purple tainted harmonies of your favourite hell's kitchen. With influences taken from Small Faces, Hendrix and Gallagher, Fleetwood Mac and even shades of The Doors, here is a champion of something quite different, and quite relevant for that reason.

Related Links:

http://www.myspace.com/neonfleacircus

http://www.neonfleacircus.net/