www.thematineeidles.com <br />"a festival of colours" by the matinée idles (aka kevin barry) self released in April 2014 on "4 cats the bird & the baby"records. <br />Biography <br />"..a record that must go down as one of the most different and artistic efforts to come out of Ireland in a long, long time..." - GoldenPlec.com <br /> <br />".. this is a great album and it will probably feature on a number of "Best of 2014" lists.." <br />- U&I Music Magazine <br /> <br />"A deeply atmospheric record, A Festival of Colours bustles with musicality and glistening soundscapes. Tinged with post-rock and indie motifs the album is a serene, yet powerful journey into Kevin Barry’s music." <br />- The Last Mixtape <br /> <br />"the matinée idles" (aka kevin barry), formed in Dublin after he released his debut album "looking for Murphy." <br />In April 2014 "a festival of colours" his second album was released on his own record label "4 cats the bird & the baby." <br />the name "the matinée idles" came from his love of film & the sound you get is described as "lyrically dark, atmospheric & cinematic" <br /> <br />the matinée idles,deliver songs for films, cinematic indie music, accompanied by angelic harmonies and determined influential lyrics, grown from the absolute disdain of commercial music, influenced by artists: thom yorke(radiohead), peter gabriel,modest mouse, led zeplin. <br /> <br />t.m.i.(kevin barry) are from Dublin,Ireland. <br /> <br />Following the release Kevin signed a 3 year licensing deal for 4 of his songs to a publishing company in the USA. They have placed songs in numerous Hollywood block buster films; their placements include music in Academy Award-winning films such as “Brokeback Mountain”, “The Blind Side” and “A Beautiful Mind”; Emmy-winning shows such as “Six Feet Under”, “Breaking Bad”, “Damages”, and “House” <br /> <br />All tracks were, written,arranged,engineered & produced by Kevin Barry ©2014 <br /> <br />Download them on Bandcamp/Souncloud/iTunes/Spotify:
