| Biography
Dublin band The Prayer Boat got their name from a Hindu religious festival that takes place every year on the banks of the Ganges: “They make these little reed boats with incense and candles, and they invest their hopes, dreams, and prayers in them and then float them out into the river” Emmett Tinley The Prayer Boat are; Emmett Tinley (vocals, guitars, piano & keyboards) Patrick Tinley (electric & Acoustic Guitar), Tony Byrne (Bass Guitar), Tim Houlihan (drums) Emmet has now relocated to Denmark and built a band up with some of Denmark’s most prestigious young musicians who have all attended the Fynske Music Conservatory Polichinelle is an album of exquisite beauty and powerful sensuality. The album is compromised of songs written over a period of three years and recorded in Dublin. The album was released late last year in Holland and France where it garnered one of the best albums of the year in Holland’s leading ‘Orr’ magazine. It is also receiving strong positive reactions in the UK where it is being preceded by the Saved EP (video available) Melody Maker says “heartbreak never sounded this attractive” “‘Polichinelle’ doesn’t pretend to be anything other than the loneliness and the urgency, the despair and the excitement of trying to run through life.” |
