Dark Matters by The David Nelligan Thing
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14 track album (13 additional tracks available upon download).
1. Comfort Zone
2. Every Day We Wake Up
3. Reinventing The Wheel
4. Hell Is A Waiting Room
5. Dark Matter
6. The Human Condition
7. Noughts + Crosses
8. Feelings Unlike Words
9. Been Burned
10. Fresh Starts
11. The Beersoaked Blues
12. Soso Farso
13. Flip A Coin
14. I Don't Think (A Song In Two Halves)
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"Sprawling, ambitious… genre-straddling… Nelligan appears to have several musical personalities... intriguing"
-Hot Press
"…tightly crafted, wonderfully wordy, darkly humorous and uplifting… marvellous work…"
-The Sunday Business Post Magazine
"…wonderfully crafted, deliciously infectious indie pop songs."
-The G-Man Blog
"…a true marvel… highly inventive… uplifting and vibrant… 10 out of 10"
-U and I Magazine
"...songs that run a dizzying gamut of styles and genres... all of the songs are very engaging and enjoyable… from bruised country to all sorts of lo-fi gems… it's great."
-The Cork Independent
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'Dark Matters' consists of fourteen songs written and recorded throughout 2012 and early 2013 against a backdrop of unprecedented unrest and uncertainty. Personal, professional, local, national and global catastrophes plagued its recording, seeping into its atmosphere. The unlikely result is strangely uplifting. The album's infectious melodies and playful lyrics seduce the listener into what ultimately becomes a cathartic trip through the darker corners of this struggling artist's psyche and an exploration of his conflicted relationship with the fractured world we live in. It's refreshingly honest and lyrically engaging. Overarching themes of regret and powerlessness, exhaustion and frustrated idealism battle with a longing for optimism and positivity to create a suspenseful subtext throughout the album. Songs in wildly different styles are tied together thematically to construct an absorbing story. From the nihilistic country of 'The Beersoaked Blues' and 'Flip a Coin' to the ominous acoustronic mania of 'Dark Matter' and 'Fresh Starts', the heartfelt wistful pop of 'Comfort Zone' and 'Feelings Unlike Words' to the anthemic existentialism of 'Every Day We Wake Up' and 'Noughts + Crosses', 'Dark Matters' is an ambitious and accomplished album. While previous lo-fi releases 'Junk From a Past Life' and 'Everything Matters' were promising, 'Dark Matters' marks a huge creative leap forward, bursting with harmonies, insightful lyrics and inventive arrangements.
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Tracklist
| 1. | Comfort Zone | 2:11 |
| 2. | Every Day We Wake Up | 2:49 |
| 3. | Reinventing the Wheel | 3:13 |
| 4. | Hell Is a Waiting Room | 2:05 |
| 5. | Dark Matter | 3:03 |
| 6. | The Human Condition | 3:03 |
| 7. | Noughts + Crosses | 3:52 |
| 8. | Feelings Unlike Words | 2:18 |
| 9. | Been Burned | 2:38 |
| 10. | Fresh Starts | 2:17 |
| 11. | The Beersoaked Blues | 2:52 |
| 12. | Soso Farso | 3:37 |
| 13. | Flip a Coin | 2:39 |
| 14. | I Don't Think (A Song in Two Halves) | 5:42 |
Credits
Written, arranged, performed, recorded
and produced by David Nelligan.
Additional recording and engineering on 'Hell Is a Waiting Room',
'The Human Condition' and 'Soso Farso' by James Eliot Taylor.
Drums on 'Soso Farso' performed by James Eliot Taylor.
Album art by David Nelligan.
Font by Billy Argel.
Thanks to James Eliot Taylor, Andy Wilson, Joe Cusack, Rory Dillon, Shane Murphy, Mark Fitzgerald, Dominika Walachowska, Ronan Leonard, Dave Knox, Chris Dunne, John Synnott, Edel Barry, Emmet O'Brien, Gary Meyler, Colm McAuliffe, Ronan McCann, Ray Barron, Plugd Records, Wingnut Records, The Pavilion, Patrick & Breeda Nelligan, Olivia Nelligan, Paul Nelligan, Colm Nelligan, Shane Nelligan and Pishkin.
