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In Dee Mail: Ireland's Herm Releases Quirky, Dark Album 'Monsters'
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... recorded with The Hermanos , a band Connolly still performs with at live shows. Apparently, when Connolly went solo, he shortened Hermanos (which means brothers in Spanish) to Herm. Monsters , while it has its faults (mostly a lack of an overall concept), is still an excellent debut album, especially considering it was written, performed and produced by a relatively new and unknown singer-songwriter. It'll be interesting to see where Herm's journey takes him next. "Heads" - Herm from Monsters (2009) "Year Of The Horse" - Herm (with Nina Hynes ) from ...
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... piano; Hugh – guitar, vocals; Arunas – bass; Keith – guitar, keyboard, vocals; Aengus – drums. Not surprisingly, the newest offering is entitled Monsters. Images of people with animal heads are not extremely new as an overall theme. But this does work with the atmosphere created by Herm’s music. A quick listen to “Rearrange” will explain some of the fear, confusion and terror that live somewhere in Connolly’s head. His take on society’s effects on the individual hit the mark.
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Le Diamant Brut: Herm & ARS Supernova
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... get is something of a hybrid with sweet spots abound.
Something Interesting: You might have heard of Nina Hynes, guest vocalist on “Year of the Horse”, from her group Nina Hynes and The Husbands. She’s also from Dublin, and has been a name in the European underground music scene for a few years.
Other Songs Worth Checking Out: “Heads” and “Rearrange”
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Halloween Indie Rock Songs, XIII: The Finale: Radiohead, Animal Collective, SeaWolf, Sonic Youth, Evangelicals & More
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... - Lou Reed "Dead" - Graystar Great Halloween-Theme Songs Exclusively from 2009 "Heads" is the first UK radio single from the Herm 's 2009 album, Monsters . The song's bopping sound cleverly disguises its otherwise ghoulishly odd lyrics that suggest cannibalism of the author himself, who strangely seems to find solace in his own demise: Step one/rub me down with grease/ step two/cook me in the fire/ Step three/cut me into pieces/ eat me when I’m done. "Heads" - Herm from Monsters (2009) "Land of Freak" - King Khan and The Shrines from From ...
