The Dark Room Notes Podcast

CPI Archive 2009: Ahead of their triumphant return west later this month, Andrew Hamilton chats to Ruairi Ferrie of Galway music perfectionists Dark Room Notes.

London’s Brick Lane is alive with people. Ancient and modern, its medieval cobblestone heaves under the weight of Bengali traders, Bangladeshi soothsayers and graffiti artist such as Banksy, D*Face and Ben Eine. Each plying their own particular art, each carving their own path. Around the corner from the lane, in a small room with no windows, another group is doing its own thing. As the temperature rises in studio, Dark Room Notes are a band on a mission. Fourteen days to record 14 songs can mean only one thing - pressure. But sometimes, a little pressure is no bad thing. “That was Ciaran Bradshaw, our producer’s, plan. We set up everything as we would do live in a rehearsal studio or on stage. We played and played and played the one song over and over again. In most cases, we managed to get the song down that day,” says Ruairi.

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