Thursday July 3rd - Whelans (upstairs) - Wexford St, Dublin 2
Doors - 8.30pm Adm €8

http://www.myspace.com/mybrotherwoody
http://www.myspace.com/mumblindeafro
http://www.myspace.com/mailordermessiahs


The review are still coming in steadily for the album and OF COURSE there are still lots of ways to buy it on our MYSPACE :-)


"fizzes with classic pop sentiment, surfing on a wave of sacchrine keys, breathy doo-wops and mellifluous horns, cleare's sunbeam arrangments will brighten anyone's day" - (8/10 - Hotpress)

"Warm, euphoric and totally infectious melodies" (4/5 The Star)

"Offaly's Mike Cleare is a name to watch. This impressive self-made debut is the work of a songwriter very much in love with classic West Coast pop.there's no denying the quality of Another Wave Of Harmony or a song that recalls the kookiness of Jens Lekman -- the delicious Getting Old Goes With Getting Fat. You sense a top-drawer producer would be able to make magic from such gems as promising material as the Brian Wilson-esque Super Serotonin Girl." - John Meagher (Irish Independent)

"It's rare to find good music this way (myspace) but the songs I heard were really great!!!" --Blaine - (The New Pornographers)

"Here's the scenario: What if Dennis Wilson sang with The Pernice Brothers and the songs were co-written by Pernice, Paul Westerberg of The Replacements, Style Council era Paul Weller, Crowded House and arranged by Brian Wilson and Sufjan Stevens? It would be "My Brother Woody". This record is pop with a capital "P". This is a great CD and it shows a lot of work and dedication to the art of songwriting. The arrangements are mature and subtle and the lead vocals are strong and sure. If you like your music catchy and filled with pop, meaningful and with a lot of soul, you'll be buying "My Brother Woody" this Christmas for several of your most musically discriminating friends."-- (Nelson Bragg - Brian Wilson Band)

"Orchestral/Baroque pop fans will want to get this for sure. Keep an eye on this artist, as I expect great things to come" - (8/10 Powerpopaholic.com)

"Catchy summer pop, highly talented musicianship, well crafted lyrics" (4/5 isthismusic.com)

"There is plenty on this record to demonstrate that MBW deserve a much wider audience" (7/10 americana-uk.com)

"Mellifluous Americana-tinged pop, It's great to see an Irish musician releasing an album like this, and hopefully it won't lie under the radar for too long" - (Album of the week - Kildare Nationalist)

"Hey Mike, i got the cd and i am in love" --Kramer (Ween, Daniel Johnston, Joyzipper)

"Warm indie-rock awash with the summer harmonies of late 60s pop culture, the début album from My Brother Woody is proving to be quite a pleasant indulgence since arriving through the Frequency-Ireland postbox....the album is nicely poised between dippy and melancholic moods, and is quite a triumph of indie-pop" - (8/10 Frequency Ireland)

"Leggendo il titolo, si potrebbe pensare ad un artista allergico alle convenzioni, ma non è così. O per lo meno, non del tutto. La musica, infatti, ricalca in modo più o meno pedissequo le gesta dei grandi musicisti usciti da quarant'anni di west coast sound. Non si può parlare di caricatura riuscita male, però, poichè Cleare è in grado di scrivere belle canzoni, con qualche tocco originale ed arrangiamenti molto spesso azzeccati. Certo, ancora qualcosa da mettere in ordine, in primis la scelta e l'esecuzione dei cori e delle doppie voci in genere, che ogni tanto prendono direzioni casuali, c'è. Tuttavia, l'album si mantiene su standard molto più che decorosi dal principio alla fine, e in due-tre occasioni se ne esce con brani davvero deliziosi." - (underthetangerinetree.blogspot.com)

"a fab name derived from that cool Free Design song, and gently breathed musical landscapes not unlike compadres The Thrills. Musically it's a bit more brainy with piano, glockenspiel, horns and harmonies creating a world weary Cali-burn out sound, recalling both the glory years of '67-74 and today's acolytes ala Rufus Wainwright and Ben Folds." - Jon "Mojo" Mills - (Shindig Magazine)

"Laurel Canyon-esque summer album of gentle wit" - Mandy Williams (subba-cultcha.com)

"A deceptively slow false start eventually paves way to a bevy of tracks that gently thump, fizzle and burble while simultaneously emitting occasional glints of glorious sunshine. Your New Found Taste and When Summer Comes wistfully dander along a charminglyl-paced path, while almost every track is infused with swoonsome, harmony-laden backing vocals" - Lauren Murphy (Entertainment.ie)

"C’est fun, plus que ça, c’est classe" - (Sucrepop.com)

"the album is full of infectiously catchy melodic alt rock sounds with a real emphasis on the summery pop sound, the album has a real east coast sixties pop feel to it at times with lots of great vocal harmonies and some lovely mellow brass sounds, features eleven superbly written catchy pop songs" - (Road Records)