Director Premiere New Song "Play Pretend" from Forthcoming Album!
0 comments Posted by musicunderfire at 12/03/2008
MusicUnderFire has many bands we take a liking to, and in an attempt to avoid watering anything down that we've written about previously, I'll just say this: You need to know Director.
Director is a Dublin-based rock band, whose 2006 album We Thrive On Big Cities swept the UK, tailing The Killers at #2 on the rock charts. With the vocals of Michael Moloney adamantly driving the guitars of Eoin Aherne (whom we interviewed earlier this year), the overall band chemistry creates something that simply unique and larger than life. Its safe to say that although the band has had their fair share of success from their debut album, their music could be one of the most underlooked acts of in recent memory.
As most bands have been doing these days, Director has a series of studio videos showing what the band has been up to, which in the last months includes mixing, recording and working over their songs to perfection. This all can be said, and backed up by their most recent song, released for free via their latest post on their MySpace page.Below is their message about their latest track, their excitement for the album and a short story behind it all. If this is your first time hearing about Director, send them your thoughts on their latest, and your tastes are in line with ours, we recommend picking up We Thrive On Big Cities to prep yourself for this one. You can also check out our interview with them here.
MP3: Director - Play Pretend (buy)Hello friends,
It's with great pleasure that we can finally upload some new music to the site. We've been working for about a year on this new album in different rehearsal rooms some nice, some not so nice. It's a well worn out story that a band gets about six years to work on their first album and about six months to do the second one. It's certainly true that when we first played the first song that ended up on We Thrive on Big Cities (I think it was 'Can You Take It' but I couldn't be sure) we had no idea it would ever end up on a CD of any kind. That day was still many years off.When we started work on album number two the slate was completely clean - a daunting and scary prospect. There were no old songs to fall back on. There was a tendency to second guess absolutely everything - is this good enough, will people like this, are these songs better than the last album. It's odd that thoughts like this never enter your head the first time round you're just so excited to be actually making an
album.
After a little while we just got on with it. Enjoyed coming to practice every day and working on the songs a little at a time just as we had done the first time. There were discussions about how we wanted the album to sound, how we would like it to come accross, what we wanted to convey to a listener.
Anyway, this song is called 'Play Pretend'. It rocks hard and it rocks fast and that's just the way we like it. Please click below to download it and feel free to copy it and play it to your hearts' content. We hope you enjoy it.
Eoin
Official - http://www.directormusic.com/
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/directormusic
First off, we at MusicUnderFire would like to thank all of the military men and women who gave their lives while in the line of duty. We salute you.
I think this weekend means more to working adults than it does to kids. Sure, the pool opens with its 55 degree water and a little bit colder Italian ice, but for the rest of us, it is all about heading to the beach/lake and dusting off our Jimmy Buffett albums while concocting some heathen brew of utmost delight. We did not forget the all-important grilling out as well.
If any of you do recall, it is this weekend when the roads also start jamming up with our unfaithful 4:00 p.m. departing work comrades, so even when you do leave a few minutes before 5, you won't be heading anywhere fast.
Lastly, for guys and girls alike, we all get to see who has lost their winter coat and chiseled up for the season ahead. Enjoy the list and if you have any suggestions I would like to hear them. Sorry, I know Sublime and Bruce Springsteen are favorites, but they just didn't work for this mix. For a chuckle and old time's sake, I placed Andrew W.K. at the top of this list...
MP3: Andrew W.K. - Party Hard (buy)
MP3: Dirty on Purpose - Girls and Sunshine (buy)
MP3: The Dodos - The Season (buy)
"We do this for the season."
MP3: MGMT - Weekend Wars (buy)
"And you might have to plan for the weekend wars."
MP3: The Submarines - Swimming Pool (buy)
MP3: Architects - Jersey Shore (buy)
These guys play "Jersey Shore" the way it should be played.
MP3: Modest Mouse - March into the Sea (buy)
MP3: Weezer - Island in the Sun (buy)
And it makes me feel so fine I can’t control my brain
MP3: Brand New - Jaws Theme Swimming (buy)
It's time to bring the banana boats out.
MP3: Self Against City - Tequila Moonlight (buy)
It could have been "Tequila Sunrise", but SAC got the nod.
MP3: Number One Gun - This Holiday (buy)
MP3: Ween - Ocean Man (buy)
Probably the best song for any age heading to the beach.
