The Dublin venue – which has hosted acts like Arctic Monkeys, Jeff Buckley, Nick Cave and Bloc Party over the years – will celebrate 20 years in business this month with a special series of gigs.
Another good year for Mr Enright, who must be feeling that things can only get better and better. ‘Love & Confusion’ is a suitably energetic live track, displaying a Springsteen-style ruggedness and exuding confidence. Comes with a new live track recorded at the Electric Picnic but, since it’s only a cover lasting 90 seconds, it’s not exactly a unique selling point.
His career was almost over before it began. But hard work - and a surprise hit - have turned Edmund 'Mundy' Enright into one of Ireland's most widely adored stars. Here he reflects on some of the high points of what has been an amazing journey, during the course of which he has rubbed shoulders with some of the greats.
Any discussion of a Best Of or live album is as likely to revolve around what’s left out as what gets in. Mundy’s first foray into such territory, Live And Confusion, is no exception, but it also marks a genuine milestone in the career of the Birr troubadour.
With a new live album and DVD in the can, it’s effectively a case of job done for the Raining Down Arrows album and so the release of the title track is probably little more than an attempt to remind people that it’s out there as they head out to the shops. It’s still a nice little track though, given some sort of remix, and further proof that Mundy deserves to be up there with the other great career turnarounds.
With a new album and DVD in the can, it's effectively a case of job done for the Raining Down Arrows album and so the release of the title track is probably little more than an attempt to remind people that it’s out there as they head out to the shops. It’s still a nice little track though, given some sort of remix, and further proof that Mundy deserves to be up there with the other great career turnarounds.
Released on Mundy's own label in 2002, this collection of 12 songs dealing with, in his own words, “love, life, addiction and travel”, had an instant impact and proved that he was no one-hit-wonder.
Mundy belted into his routine with gusto – a considerably better effort than his Vicar St. performance at the beginning of the summer, where sound problems evoked tantrums and gnashing of teeth.
The dark, romantic Raining Down Arrows is the latest milestone in the creative
liberation of Mundy, a man whose thoughts on love, friendship and connecting with the audience are at the core of his music.
Mundy's Vicar St. performance on June 19 has been cancelled to make way for the Anti-War gig, which is being moved from The Point to the more centrally located venue.
Featuring Mundy, Hothouse Flowers and Rodrigo y Gabriella among others, the Woodstock Weekend offers a diverse musical line-up as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival
Not immediately recognisable as a Mundy song, this up-tempo taster from his forthcoming Raining Down Arrows album rolls along like a summer breeze on a hot dusty day.
While it is often true that your inner voice is your harshest critic, it would seem that Edmund Enright is far too severe on himself. Apparently, Mundy doesn’t rate himself too highly as a songwriter but to these ears Raining Down Arrows is a winner...
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Only the proverbial record company misfortunes have prevented Mundy from releasing a follow up to his '96 debut Jellylegs, and it's criminal that an album this good took so long to see the light
MUNDY
The Borderline, London
Standing centre stage before a throng comprised of an astonishing number of nubile young rock chicks and their “how-the-fuck-did-that-nerd-pull-her” boyfriends in the smoky bowels of Time Out magazine’s current live music venue of the year, Mundy radiates a hitherto unseen confidence.
