A night of guitar pop Featuring… Factro Envelope The Ruby Taillights Friday 21st of April The Lower Deck, Portobello, €8 in, free CD-r to the first 100 Doors 9pm Factro Inspired by pop, post-punk and empty evenings, Factro formed on a rainy Dublin afternoon in November 2003. It was a sad story initially. The young heroes had a handful of songs and nowhere to play, so flatmates Patrick Wall, BillyY and former schoolmate James Bailey just sat around for a while talking about playing in a band. But soon a stinking rented room in the ‘Underground’ provided the location and equipment for Factro to finally become a full-fledged reality. Recording their brief, infectious indie-pop songs with a dented microphone in the corner of the malodorous basement room, Factro slowly disseminated the hissy recording among their friends. Amazingly, the ears of friends - nurtured by years of lo-fi - picked out tunes from the white noise and encouraged them to practise more. Five songs quickly grew to over 30 in a couple of short months. With just a few practices under their belts, Factro made their live debut at a Stoneybatter house-party in May 2004, before playing a couple of supports around town, including the Project in August. A slot at The Ballroom of Romance in December 2004 followed, as the band built up a well-dressed following. In November 2004, to mark one year together, Factro took to the studio for the weekend to record a four-track demo/EP with producer Steve Shannon. Unable to describe their own sound due to a lack of vocabulary, Steve labelled them as ‘indie with pop sensibilities’ – a description Factro have since adopted. Sean joined to boost the numbers in February 2005. Recent gigs have included headlining Crawdaddy, The Village and - for a strange reason - a lot of Sugar Club shows. www.factro.com Envelope envelope are a three piece band from Dublin, Ireland. The band was formed in 2004 following 3 years of writing and recording. Their taste for subtle, sweet melodic music is twinned with a ferocious appetite for textured noise. The band have been compared to the follwing artists: Elbow, Low, Sigur Ros, explosions in the sky, mogwai. envelope are: Phil Boughton (voice/guitar) , Simon Rand (drums/voice), Daryl Chaney (Bass) www.postroom.com http://www.myspace.com/envelopemusic The Ruby Taillights The Ruby Taillights are a great guitar band from Dublin featuring ex members of Sunbear. They have a debut album called "dressing up" on the way. Songs and more at: http://www.myspace.com/therubytailights