On The Revs 2005 Tour: 79 Cortinaz

It was the year 2003, and out of the folk singer infested musical waters of Ireland arose 79Cortinaz. With their shattering guitar noise distilled with haunting vocal melodies, it took the band just under a year to independently release their debut single ‘Deirdre’s Song’ in late August 2004.
Hailing from South East Ireland, Cormac Strain, Darren O’Neill and Gala Hutton - aka 79Cortinaz - were taken aback with the success of ‘Deirdre’s Song’. The single spent a month in the Irish charts peaking at number 18. 2FM’s Cormac Battle declared the band ‘the best thing to come out of Ireland in years’.
They were Tom Dunne’s (Today FM) Petsounds Artist of the Week in September 2004, and October saw 2FM inviting 79Cortinaz into their studios for a ‘Session’, which was aired in November and repeated again in January 2005. in Feburary 2005, the RTE Guide hailed the quartet as one of the "hot properties of 2005".
After a heavy gigging schedule, 79Cortinaz are now busy writing and have continued their Do It Yourself approach to music with the recording of their second single, 'Electric Hymn', due for release at the Music ireland Live expo in the RDS on 17 September 2005.
79Cortinaz have been compared to a mixture of the Pixies and the Thrills, enjoy night-time airplay on Irish radio and plan to stay rooted in the face of the Irish music industry for the foreseeable future.
Listen to 'Electric Hymn Part 2' by 79Cortinaz: High - Low