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Joan of Arse
Joan Of Arse drifted into existence around 1996 and fell messily to pieces in 2003.
Their first release, 'Le Remuement Triste Et Lent De La Queve d'un Vieux Chien' (a 10” single on Julius Geezer Records), received much critical acclaim and garnered them airplay from John Peel. 'Lost at Sea', their first full-length, received a heap of excellent reviews and, along with “Unwanted Gift” (a 7”, again on Julius Geezer) won them further radio fans with John Kennedy (XFM) playing bits and bobs on his X-Posure show.
April 2001 saw them fly to Chicago to record their second LP 'Distant Hearts, A Little Closer' with Steve Albini in his Electrical Audio Studios. It came out in Europe that September, in the US on Flameshovel records one year later. A third LP comprised of songs recorded in Chicago and from a session for RTE radio, entitled 'Mating Under The Gallows', was finished but never released - you can hear a song from it at their myspace site. Work on album number four with Alan O'Boyle, the electronica wizard behind Decal, was never finished, although it may yet be at some point. JOA's The Bearded Lady has a load of great new songs that he occasionally lets people hear at very infrequent gigs under the name The French Letter A. Shane McGrath is playing with The Sick & Indigent Song Club every Monday night in Dublin's Ha'penny Inn, Gumbo is making bowls in Iceland.
"One of Dublin’s most important bands” Hot Press
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