Hi! Just to let you know that SPARKLEHORSE have asked us to open for them on their Irish tour in October.This is a huge honour for us and we hope to see you at the gigs. Thanks! Ciaran + Crayonsmith Here are the dates: Sat. Oct 14th, 2006 Whelans, Dublin EXTRA SHOW Sun. Oct 15th, 2006 Whelans, Dublin Monday, October 16th Empire Music Hall, Belfast Tuesday, October 17th Roisin Dubh, Galway Biography Sparklehorse are set to release their first album in five years, 'Dreamt for Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain'. The album follows the band's much applauded last album 2001's 'It's A Wonderful Life'. As anyone who knows the joys of Sparklehorse, there's mystery and magic here once again. We are given glimpses of sleeping old bears, hammering hooves, Ophelia in the creek and Christmas bulbs glowing in the night. Mark Linkous remains a man shrouded in enigma and the last five years have bought with it much adventure as well as turmoil. Dreamt for Lightyears was recorded by Linkous alone in his Static King Studios in North Carolina with an extensive array of contributors and collaborators on the album including – Dangermouse, Johnny Hott, Sophie Michalitsianos, Scott Minor, Stephen Drodz (Flaming Lips), David Fridmann and Christian Fennesz. The album also includes a previously unreleased track with Tom Waits on piano. You can hear two new songs and read the latest interviews with Mark Linkous at www.myspace.com/sparklehorse __________________ www.myspace.com/crayonsmith