Joan Of Arse - Live performance and album launch

Thursday 20th of December 2001

On Thursday 20th of December Joan of Arse played a live performance and launched their new album 'Distant Hearts, a little Closer' at 5th in the storehouse. They exhibited 200 hundred unique hand made album covers. Their CD was released last month and was a number one seller in Road Records. Each L.P cover consists of a laminated collage created by Greg Barrett. He composes each collage using mixed media and flora collected from the Tory Islands in Co. Donegal and Iceland. Each L.P is a work of art in itself.

'Distant Hearts, A Little Closer' : Joan of Arse
The Times by Martin Aston (20th October 2001)
This oddly-monickered Dublin quartet's vibrant take on 20 years of American alternative rock has produced one of the best albums of 2001. It blends the plaintive folk meandering of Neil Young and Will Oldman with guitar-duelling, sinewy rock of Television and Built To Spill, while the frontman Ross Hackett is one of the precious few writers whose caustic, complex lyrics stand up better as poetry. The presence of Steve Albini in the producer's chair underlines the pedigree of this challenging and intense record.