Coming straight out of 12 years as lynch-pin and frontman with The Prayer Boat Emmett Tinley was eager to try something different in his life and in his approach to music. After periods of living and writing in Amsterdam, Arhus and LA (interspersed with solo touring in the U.S. and Europe) Emmett settled in Denmark again in 2002 and began working with bassist Martin Spure, drummer Nikolaj Bundvig and pianist Allin Bang, all of whose backgrounds were in jazz. After a few months, the addition of Dutch guitarist Marijn Slager added another facet to the songs. In the meantime producer Van Vugt had become part of the picture – “One of Victor’s great talents lies in his ability to create and maintain an atmosphere of creativity and positivity,” Emmett muses. “We knew beforehand that there would be a very limited amount of time in which to capture the sound we wanted and to this end Victor was the right man for the job.” At the beginning of March 2003 recording began in New York. Most of the album was captured in a studio in Manhattan, although some finishing touches were added in Denmark and Dublin and a fourteen-piece string section along with Adam Peters’ Cello and Keyboard touches recorded in London. Recorded and produced by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave, Beth Orton and PJ Harvey) in New York at the time of the U.S. invasion of Iraq the story of Attic Faith is a long and winding one involving various countries, various record labels and a host of musicians.
plays the Prayer Boats Polichinelle _ FREE ALBUM WITH TICKET
[18 September 2009]
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'Comfort Me'
a promo version of 'Comfort Me' - the first track on the 'Attic Faith' album
'Snow Dome'
promo video for 'Snow Dome' which appears on the 'Attic Faith' album