The Visitors The outstanding band from Dundalk

The Visitors : The outstanding band from Dundalk!!

The Visitors is a 5 piece band, their music and vibes are bold and alternative. They have a very mature voice and incredible songs! 

They ΄΄invite΄΄ us to Settle Down with them and and to be acquainted with them! First of all, I’m glad for our interview you are so young and talented people. Could you i

Stella Tsatsou : First of all, I΄m glad for our interview! You are so young and talented people. Could you imtroduce yourselves to our readers?The visitors : Well we are the visitors a 5 piece band from Dundalk Co.Louth . We would describe ourselves as “post genre” meaning we don’t belong to any genre we jump between different styles to suits how we feel.

Stella Tsatsou : What first got you into music and how did you meet?
The visitors : The band was started in 2017 by our lead guitarist Darren Connor. A few weeks later one of our singers/rhythm guitarist Saoirse Murray joined. The two were together for a year writing songs and going through different members. In December 2018 singer/frontman Jamie Conlon joined when he met Darren and Saoirse at an open mic in Dundalk. Drummer Ben McCarthy joined when he saw an ad in the local music shop looking for a drummer in March 2019. The last member to join was bassist Diarmuid “Slurray” Murray, who the band knew through mutual friends and the local music scene.

Stella Tsatsou: What does your band name mean for you?

The visitors: The name has evolved over time as when it was first established it was just a catchy name but now, we are planning some stories that we can divulge yet….

Stella Tsatsou : What is a typical day like and how were your days in lockdown?
The visitors : Α typical day for most of us usually consists of either our normal day jobs or working with our manager to further projects we have down the line. And usual day in lockdown was either writing new music or just wanting to play gigs.

Stella Tsatsou: The Red Wall is a great track! What is your creative process like?
The visitors :The creative process behind red wall was kinda the way we write most of our songs we all contribute to it in some way or the other through the lyrics and instruments. In terms of red wall is was just a song that came to use like nothing it was easy to write and simple to master it.

Stella Tsatsou : What are the main topics for most of your songs and your influences?
The visitors : The main topics that we try for most our songs honestly varies for the ep we wanted to try show our range that not every song will sound the same they all have an individual story to tell. And influences there is too many to count as we all have different styles from metal to indie, we enjoy mixing it up. We like to write about personal issues and issues regarding society.

Stella Tsatsou : Which famous mucisians do you admire?
The visitors : Too many to count…
For Jamie it would be between Dave ghroul or Alex Turner , Bono, etc
For Saoirse it would be slipknot, seether, the Foo Fighters.
For Darren it would be Bruce Springsteen, Nirvana, U2 etc
For Diarmuid it’d be Motley Crue, Metallica and Pantera.
For Ben it’d be the smashing pumpkins, Deftones, prince etc.

Stella Tsatsou : Which musician would you collaborate with?
The visitors : In our very own opinion there is so many bands that we would love to work with down the line

Stella Tsatsou : What΄s the craziest thing that was happened on tour?
The visitors :We will keep it pg in this interview but there have beena few occasions of too much drink and a lot of craic ended us up in very sticky situations

Stella Tsatsou : What is your favourite song to perform?
The visitors :In terms of songs from our ep its either A Different Story or Red Wall. But there is a song we have at the moment that we are saving for our album and we love to perform that, it’s called Liar.

Stella Tsatsou : Have you ever been to Greece? I hope you to organize some concerts in Greece.
The visitors : We have sadly not been to Greece. But we would love to come over there and possible meet any fans of our music.

Stella Tsatsou : If you had one message to give to your fans, what it would be?
The visitors : Thank you all for listening and supporting us so far this is only the beginning of what we have planned for the future and once covid calms down we hope to hop on a plane and do gigs for everyone!!

You can find The Visitors here: https://www.facebook.com/thevisitorsire

Stella Tsatsou.

Ο David Gilmour των Pink Floyd ροκάρει στην Ελλάδα με το νέο του τραγούδι,
“Yes, I have ghosts!”

Ο David Gilmour των Pink Floyd επέστρεψε με ολοκαίνουριο τραγούδι, ροκάροντας αυτή την φορά στο νησί της Ύδρας.

Ο μουσικός, πέντε χρόνια μετά την κυκλοφορία του Rattle That Lock, έβγαλε νέο κομμάτι το οποίο αποτελεί οικογενειακή υπόθεση. Η σύζυγός του, Polly Samson, που είναι συγγραφέας έχει επιμεληθεί τους στίχους και η κόρη τους Romany συμμετείχε στα φωνητικά.

Σε συνέντευξή του, ο Gilmour δήλωσε ότι δούλευε το κομμάτι από τότε που ξεκίνησε το lockdown, αλλά έπρεπε να αφαιρέσει τους τραγουδιστές που θα ακούγονταν στα backing vocals διότι δεν μπορούσαν να το προβάρουν και να το ηχογραφήσουν όλοι μαζί λόγω των μέτρων κατά του covid-19. Εν τέλει, επέλεξε να κάνει η κόρη του τα φωνητικά και ήταν πολύ ευτυχής με το αποτέλεσμα καθώς οι φωνές τους ταίριαξαν.

Ο Gilmour με την σύζυγό του Polly Samson.

Με τη σειρά της, η γυναίκα του δήλωσε ότι μέσα στα 30 χρόνια της κοινής τους πορείας έχουν συνεργαστεί πολλές φορές καθώς έχει γράψει τους στίχους για αρκετά τραγούδια των Pink Floyd συνδυάζοντας τον κόσμο της μουσικής με αυτόν της λογοτεχνίας.

Τo ”Yes, I have ghosts”, ήταν κομμάτι που ”έντυσε” τα αποσπάσματα από την ακουστική μεταφορά (audiobook) της νουβέλας της Polly Samson ” A theatre for Dreamers”. Είναι μία όμορφη μπαλάντα , το video clip της οποίας έχει γυριστεί στο νησί της Ύδρας. Οι εικόνες από τα σοκάκια του νησιού και από την θάλασσα την ώρα του ρόδινου δειλινού συναρπάζουν τον ακροατή που ταξιδεύει με την ήρεμη μελωδία και την αισθαντική φωνή του Gilmour .

Ο ακροατής ταξιδεύει νοερά στους τόπους που θέλει να επισκεφτεί , στα μέρη που θέλει να ξανά πάει, στα καλοκαίρια που θέλει να ξανά ζήσει ή κι ακόμα στις αναμνήσεις και στα συναισθήματα που θέλει να ξαναβιώσει. Αυτό το στοιχείο , της δημιουργίας του οράματος από την πρώτη κιόλας νότα , κάνει ξεχωστο το τραγούδι.

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