plays the Prayer Boats Polichinelle _ FREE ALBUM WITH TICKET
As part of the Whelans 20th Anniversary celebrations
Emmett Tinley, the former frontman of the The Prayer Boat will perform the album in full (with a new band) in Whelan’s, Dublin on 14th October.
A ticket for the show entitles you to a new copy of the album Polichinelle, in it’s original track listing, re-mastered with additional artwork and sleeve notes for this release. bold text
Tickets from www.ticketmaster.ie
The Prayer Boat were; Emmett Tinley (vocals, guitar, piano & keyboards), Patrick Tinley (electric & acoustic guitar), Tony Byrne (bass guitar) and Tim Houlihan (drums). Initially what will hit you is the voice. A clear, pure, sound which resonates like a bell. The voice has a current which sweeps you away to an ocean of emotion. Emmett could sing a nursery rhyme and make you cry. "It has always been voices that have moved me most, great singers like Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone, Tim Buckley, even Frank Sinatra" declares Emmett. 'Polichinelle' is an album of exquisite beauty and powerful sensuality. The Prayer Boat create beautifully crafted songs which provide Emmett's voice with a perfect canvas. The album is compromised of songs written over a period of three years and recorded in Dublin. "There is loss, love and hope in our songs and each is like a letter or a declaration. 'Polichinelle' doesn't pretend to be anything other than the loneliness and the urgency, the despair and the excitement of someone trying to run through life".
Having been remixed and re-ordered for various record companies in its lifetime, the Prayer Boat’s Polichinelle became a classic music industry cliché. An album that found favour and love amongst many in the music business and record companies but only ever found it’s way into a few record collections. It’s not that nobody tried. After a local release, the album found a home in the UK on an enthusiastic Setanta Records who found many supporters in the music papers of the day and indeed enjoyed some success with the record in Holland. Setanta’s endeavors were taken up then by Atlantic Records in the U.S. as they found the album in a local record shop.
What the Irish, U.S. and U.K. media said about The Prayer Boat’s Polichinelle.
The Prayer Boat are a very special act and Polichinelle could be their masterpiece. Cherish them.
Hot Press
Without question, this gorgeous set of intimate, meticulously crafted pop tunes was among the best albums to come across our desk this year.
Billboard Magazine
Album of the Month .So consistently beautiful it could be displayed in a shop window .... Absolutely incandescent
5/5 Top Magazine
'It Hurts to lose You' and 'In My Arms' are rich heartbreakers.
4/5 Melody Maker
The perfect record for heartbroken insomniacs .... Polichinelle is
sweetly melancholic and rather sublime.
4/5 Q Magazine
"This is fine music which surfs along on cool rolling chords. Quite stunning
NME
If you want to believe in music again, pray that you can find The Prayer Boat
britpopmusic.com
These are gently euphoric songs, dealing in romantic absolutes with a supreme lightness of touch, somewhere between Aztec
Camera's High Land, Hard Rain and The Blue Nile (the outro of Balance in very Downtown Lights). But it's Emmett Tinley's beautiful, high, grainy tenor that makes this so special, channelling such pure emotions that you remember why phrases as simple as "won't you stay" have such terrifying power.
Mojo Magazine
The perfect record for heartbroken insomniacs
4 out of 5 Q Magazine
Polichinelle may well end up the private pleasure of a select hardcore - that's difficult to explain and easily misunderstood.
Tony Naylor, Melody Maker *****
[18 September 2009]