''In Towers and Clouds'' is the first and only album released by the
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
quartet
The Immediate
The Immediate were an avant-garde Irish rock quartet, based in Malahide. They made a considerable impact on the Irish music scene despite releasing only one album during the span of their association together. The album was '' In Towers and Clou ...
. The album received generally positive reviews on its launch and was
nominatedbr>
for the 2007
Choice Music Prize
The Choice Music Prize (), known for sponsorship reasons as the RTÉ Choice Music Prize is an annual music prize awarded to the best album from a band or solo musician who is born in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland or holds an Irish pa ...
.
Shortly after the album's launch,
Jim Carroll, a journalist with the
Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...
, wrote an article in the newspaper's weekly entertainment supplement praising the band for choosing to release the album independently. He described the album as containing ''"cracking songs"'' and one ''"which gets bigger, better, bolder and brighter with every listen"''. This was in contrast with another Dublin based band
Humanzi
Humanzi were an Irish rock band based in Dublin, Ireland.
Album and singles
Humanzi released their debut album ''Tremors'' on Fiction/SFR on 24 July 2006. It featured the singles "Fix The Cracks" and "Diet Pills and Magazines". ''Tremors'' w ...
whose major label debut was considered a disaster.
["Charting a cautionary tales of two albums" ''The Ticket'', 15 September 2006]
/ref> After the group's disbandment critics collectively regarded In Towers & Clouds as the finest Irish debut album in the past decade.
The band performed "A Ghost in This House" at the Meteor Music Awards#2007 awards, 2007 Meteor Awards.
Track listing
#"Aspects"
#"Lonely Locked Up"
#"Fashion or Faith"
#"Big Sad Eyes"
#"Don't You Ever"
#"Stop and Remember"
#"You Reflected"
#"Let This Light Fill Your Eyes"
#"A Ghost in This House"
#"In Towers and Clouds"
#"Can't Stop Moving"
Singles
*"Stop and Remember"
References
External links
Band MyspaceOfficial website
2006 debut albums
The Immediate albums
Fantastic Plastic Records albums
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