Coldharbourstores are a British experimental ambient pop band.
History
editOriginal members David Read and Michael McCabe formed Coldharbourstores in 1998 with original singer Daniel Bowling and drummer Samuel R. Laws. The band, which now includes singer Lucy Castro and drummer Liam Greany, has released singles, albums and collaborative works across various labels including Rocketgirl, Enraptured and Fire Records.[1] Their first album, More Than The Other, was released on the Rocketgirl label in 2002.[2]
They have worked with musicians and producers such as Graham Sutton, Bark Psychosis, Fuxa and American author Scott Heim.[3]
The band has twice musically interpreted the poems of James Joyce, in 2008 as part of the Chamber Music: James Joyce (1907). 1-36. album for Fire Records, and again in 2017 for the online project Waywords and Meansigns Opendoor Edition setting James Joyce's Finnegans Wake to music.[4]
Their third album, Wilderness, was released in 2017 by Enraptured Records.[5][6] It received a Metacritic score of 77 from 100 based on four reviews indicating generally favourable reviews.[7] The record sleeve, designed by Martin Andersen, was included in "Pop Music 1967-2017. Graphics and Music" at Echirolles Centre Du Graphisme, France, an exhibition to celebrate the most iconic record sleeves (1967–2018). The exhibition re-opened in Paris in June 2018.
A new studio album, 'Vesta', was released in 2019 by Enraptured Records.[8]
Select discography
edit- More Than The Other (2002)
- Chamber Music: James Joyce (1907). 1-36. (2008)
- Wilderness (2017)
- Vesta (2019)
References
edit- ^ "Coldharbourstores - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Coldharbourstores - More Than the Other". RTE.ie. 16 April 2002. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Coldharbourstores: Wilderness - Album review - The Skinny". Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Waywords and Meansigns - Recreating Finnegans Wake (premiere)". PopMatters. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2018.(see image)
- ^ "The Quietus - Reviews - Coldharbourstores". The Quietus. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Premiere: Coldharbourstores - 'Genie'". Clash Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Wilderness by Coldharbourstores". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Coldharbourstores - Vesta". freq.org.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2019.