Boa Morte - The Dial Waltz

Beautifully recorded in an analogue studio on 2 inch tape by US producer Daniel Presley (Spain, The Breeders) this collection of songs is arguably even more sparse and evocative than their debut which attracted so many plaudits upon its release. From the opener The Rail Song to the closing moments of All This We Must Consider the album like its predecessor and “like Smog or Will Oldham... wraps around you and tilts your head to the stars.” (The Irish Times) The UK and Irish press were struck by the immediacy and intimacy of their previous album ('Soon it will come time to face the world outside'). Uncut (4 stars) said of the album “Occasionally a record comes along that's so intimate and immediate you want to disconnect the phone, get under the duvet and forget the outside world." Mojo enthused that "By the time you've got the full measure of their sombre elegance, the band are confirmed masters of the idiom." The Irish Times (4 stars) said that “Like Smog or Will Oldham or any great purveyors of rural lament, it offers warm solace through the perpetual tumbling of the seasons". Maverick magazine, drownedinsound.com and allmusic.com all gave the album 4 star reviews. One writer for Irish music site cluas.com put Boa Morte’s album in his top 5 Irish albums of all time. John Peel was a fan and twice played the band on his show just before his untimely death. Between recordings Boa Morte spent some time touring with Teenage Fanclub, playing gigs in Ireland with Calexico, Howe Gelb & Adrian Crowley and working on songs for the new album. Following a more than adequate period of rumination the new songs on The Dial Waltz are now ready to face the outside world.

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