Over the past 4 years, The Dudley Corporation have built a reputation as Ireland's tightest rock 3 piece through a phenomenal live workrate which has taken them to the UK, America, Iceland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and Austria. Their shows are notoriously frenzied, visceral and exciting affairs with one song careering into another or stoppi...
show full description »
Over the past 4 years, The Dudley Corporation have built a reputation as Ireland's tightest rock 3 piece through a phenomenal live workrate which has taken them to the UK, America, Iceland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and Austria. Their shows are notoriously frenzied, visceral and exciting affairs with one song careering into another or stopping on a sixpence, as they say in football parlance. They've played gigs in the past with such luminaries as Pinback, Low, RFTC, Trail Of Dead and Stephen Malkmus.
Several singles and a load of compilation appearances have given The Corpo adulation on both sides of the Irish Sea. Succinctly, they play short rock songs with wit, verve and booksmarts. Inbetween bouts of touring they've managed to release two acclaimed LPs. The Lonely World Of The Dudley Corporation was recorded in June 2001 at Chem19 Studios in Scotland with Andy Miller and was released in Ireland/UK on Scientific Laboratories and in the US by Flameshovel Records. In Love With The Dudley Corporation was made in the same studio in 2003, featuring appearances from members of the Delgados, Camera Obscura and The Tycho Brahe and yielded their first Irish Top 30 single, 'What A Human Does'. It was released late in 2003 on Scientific Laboratories in UK and Ireland, came out in July 2004 in Japan on And Records and has a US release due before the end of 2004.
Websites: http://www.thedudleycorporation.com
http://www.scientificlaboratories.com
"These Dubliners are the masters of gentle, wistful songs and lush
soundscapes." - OK Magazine
"this Dublin three-piece have perfected the whole stop/start, quiet
bit/loud bit thing. They manage to be both epic and minimal." - Q Magazine
"Buy it. The ghost of Chet Baker meets the ghost of Kurt Cobain on a
sleepover at Burt Bacharach's ranch." - Evening Herald
"When they got to the crossroads with the sign reading 'comfortable
mediocrity' one way and 'awkward brilliance' the other, Dublin's The
Dudley Corporation are one of those rare bands who've chosen the latter" -
Rock Sound
"they can balance anarchy and airplay, enhancing rhythmic rupture and
emotional impact by slowing down and loosening up." - Irish Times
"The Dudley Corporation are arguably making the most compelling music in
Ireland at the minute. Captivating and brilliant in equal measure" -
Alternative Ulster
"fourteen more reasons to fall in love with the Dudley Corporation" - Hot
Press
« hide full description
