CPI Archive 2009: Ahead of the launch of his second solo album, Andrew Hamilton chats to BellX1’s Dave Geraghty about the value of sunshine and the highs and lows of going it alone.
Nothing can grow without sunlight, but in the dark there is space for much to fester. From the dark recesses and hidden corners of his ultra-moody debut album Kill Your Darlings, Dave Geraghty has emerged anew, ready to step into the light. After spending much of 2007 recording in a long forgotten sub-suburban lair, the BellX1 man decided to take a different tack when putting his latest album, The Victory Dance, together. “The first album was pretty much put together in this little room that I was renting out. It was underground, there was no daylight and the toilets kept backing up. It was pretty grim and it didn’t bode very well for nice, sunny, bright energies to be flowing,” he says. “But this was totally different. It was June, we were in this lovely gaff with this great flowing lawn out the front and a river running right down beside the house. It was beautiful. And that did add to the album. I think this time I was able to share in the joy of making the record.
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