Adrian Crowley's fifth album, 'Season Of The Sparks' celebrate the release on Tin Angel Records, April 22nd 2009.
'SEASON OF THE SPARKS'
The new album by ADRIAN CROWLEY
Released on Tin Angel Records, April 22nd 2009.

Adrian Crowley's fifth album, 'Season Of The Sparks' comes to light just over a year after 'Long Distance Swimmer' his Choice Music Prize- nominated breakthrough record.

Written almost in its entirety in Adrian's attic the album was co -produced by Stephen Shannon and Crowley at Experimental Audio in Dublin. The recordings were made over fourteen separate days with many of the songs being captured in single live takes.

For this album Galway raised / Dublin based Crowley calls on celebrated baroque string player Marja Gaynor and long time touring partners Emma Smith & Vince Sipprell of the London avant garde string duo 'Geese' (who recently collaborated with Hot Chip and Robert Wyatt).

In the past year Crowley has toured with Silver Jews, Vetiver, James Yorkston, played Electric Picnic and has continued his strong alliance with Scotland's Fence Collective.

With 'Season Of The Sparks' Crowley leads us in turn through the intimate and the epic while shining a light on new creative territory, his love of words and distinctive voice as bright and clear as ever.

In short, this may well be Adrian Crowley's finest album so far.

PRAISE FOR LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER:
Crowley's rich brown croon inevitably recalls Nick Drake or Tim Buckley, but a more apposite musical touchstone is Badly Drawn Boy, or the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon eschewing his clever-clever wordplay in order to sink into a sepia reverie. (The Guardian Jan 2008)

a lo-furnished, snug, auburn-tinged folk album which calls to mind Bill Callahan, Johnny Cash and Edwyn Collins clinking Toby mugs in a country hotel (NME Jan 2008)

ABOUT ADRIAN CROWLEY:
Adrian Crowley has toured extensively in the UK, USA and Europe with Adem and James Yorkston Damon & Naomi (ex- Galaxie 500), and Hood. He has also shared the bill with Animal Collective, Jose Gonzalez, Fence Collective, Arab Strap, Badly Drawn Boy and has recorded with Steve Albini.

In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Ryan Adams named Crowley one of his favourite underground songwriters. Here's what some other people have been saying about this ground-breaking artist . . .

FROM LOSING TODAY:
". . . the most brooding moment of shadow filled pop this side of Black Heart Procession. Quite personal and quite simply perfect."

FROM DREAM MAGAZINE (USA):
"Frozen into a snowbank of deep sorrow. Slow ages of exquisitely rendered details and craft supporting these gentle soft-spoken insular folk songs.

THE NEW YORKER (USA):
"Crowley transcends the limitations of his chosen genre thanks to a deep, captivating voice and a light touch."

PLAN B MAGAZINE:
"Like Nick Drake strung-out on the minor chords and major catastrophes in the lives of Low."

HOT PRESS:
"If there were any justice in the world, Crowley's time would be right now, for this music is consummately, overwhelmingly and blindingly gorgeous."