The story behind the gestation of Liam Dullaghan's first solo album is truly amazing, tinged with tragedy but ultimately redemptive.
After scoring a minor classic with his former band The Havenots' second album, 'Never Say Good Night', back in 2005 an ill-fated trip to Chicago to record the follow up ultimately left Dullaghan homeless. Returning to the UK out of love with the whole business of making music, he sold all of his guitars, moved into his parents’ garage and didn’t pen a song for years. Work was fixing radios at a local hospital.
A chance encounter with producer / multi-instrumentalist Lee Russell to re-awaken Dullaghan's creative urges. Recorded over 3 years in an old converted Wesleyan chapel that Russell uses as a studio, 'Making History' builds on the promise hinted at in his earlier work whilst broadening his sonic palette. Amid the buzzing mellotrons of the album's opener 'Radio Verona' comes a warning for star crossed lovers ("hey Romeo, don't say i never told you so"). The lead single, the brilliantly titled 'I’m Just Fucked Without You', kicks up a country-rock-dust-storm while 'Choirs Of Angels' is a shuffling whisper of a pop song about falling in love with a girl from Desborough.
With a back story like that, you've just got to check out what this record sounds like, haven't you? The album is out on Signal/Noise on April 03, check back here for further details closer to the time.
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