Here's a bit of blurb about Settler's new album. The launch for this album is in the Lower Deck on November 13th. There will be freebies at the door. There will also be some special guests. Fairview House Recordings Hard Won, Hardwired Settler November 2003 Hard Won, Hardwired is the second album by Dublin band Settler. It is available now from Tower Records, Dublin, Road Records, Fade Street, Dublin, or online from www.roadrecs.com. Following the release and critical acclaim of the first album, Life Upstream, in January 2003, the band decided to immediately start writing and recording again. All songs were recorded and mixed by Andrew “Asteroid” Lyster in Lunar Sonics studios, Dalkey. Featuring songs about saliva, depression, violence, middle-class anxiety, love, hate and other light hearted subjects, Hard Won, Hardwired is a typically paranoid-cheerful affair from this Dublin five-piece, and marks a move from previous folkish musical leanings into other not-so-folkish musical leanings. It's all about the leanings - though it still dances around the alt country campfire occasionally, it also courts the elusive lady melody and her noisy indie chambermaids. Settler are Derek McCormack, Wil McDermott, Fiona O’Connor, Tim O’Donovan and Michael Stevens. A debut EP, Settler, was released on Mango Music in 2001, followed by Life Upstream on Fairview House Recordings in 2003. Contact: email: settlersite@yahoo.com web site: www.settlersite.com see also: www.lunarsonics.com