Martin John Henry is a songwriter from
Bellshill
Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton to the south ...
in
Lanarkshire, Scotland. Henry is noted for his success as the frontman of the rock band
De Rosa, who released several albums, singles and other recordings on Glasgow’s influential independent label Chemikal Underground. De Rosa's music has been critically lauded and championed by
John Peel
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and
Steve Lamacq. Sound-Scotland recently praised Henry as "...one of Scotland's finest songwriters" Henry has written, recorded and played with many of Scotland’s finest musicians, including Barry Burns (Mogwai), Robert Johnston (Life Without Buildings),
King Creosote and
Malcolm Middleton. As a solo artist, Henry contributed a track to MOJO Magazine’s ‘Abbey Road Now!’ CD in October 2009 and has played numerous shows including SOUNDS Festival, Tigerfest and Glasgow’s Merchant City Festival.
Career
After the 2009 release of
De Rosa (band)'s second album
Prevention (album), Henry's solo album ''The Other Half of Everything'' was released in the UK on 10 October 2011 on
Gargleblast Records
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. The Glasgow Herald praised it for the "pop pulse" mixed in with the more left field elements, and compared him to Arab Strap, King Creosote, and Twilight Sad. The List gave it 4/5, calling it "impressive" and "thoughtful". The Skinny called it "marvellous stuff", praising both the songwriting and the touches of electronica. Journalist and critic
Andrew Collins named it number 27 in his best albums of 2011.
After his album, Henry released Live On Land EP. A collection of live recordings from Henry's European acoustic tour, it was recorded over a number of performances in September 2012. As the quality varies, it was only ever released as a "Pay what you like" downloaded on Henry's bandcamp page.
In 2015, Henry released ''On The Forest Floor'' as a collaboration with Gillian Fleetwood (State Broadcasters), under the guise of Henry & Fleetwood. The EP consists of four tracks. The EP received positive reviews, with Get Around Glasgow noting they are "...two fantastic vocalists, who also happen to be rather handy at making simple yet moving music"
Discography
Studio albums
* "The Other Half of Everything" (2011)
Singles and EPs
* "Live On Land EP" (2012)
Other Releases
* "On The Forest Floor" ''Henry & Fleetwood'' (2015)
References
External links
Martin John Henry Official MySpace profileMartin John Henry Official Facebook pageMartin John Henry Official Posts at Gargleblast Records web site
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Living people
People from Bellshill
Scottish songwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)
Gargleblast Records artists