A View From The Next Room, the brand new mini-album from Cronin, delivers their most experimental and diverse set of songs to date.
The Mullingar-based band is made up of Leeds/Irish brothers Johnny and Mick Cronin, both of whom have strong Crossmolina connections, along with Brian Murphy and Fiachra Milner.
Johnny and Mick had spent many years in the north of England, before returning to their home country over a decade ago.
They’re friendly with Shane MacGowan, and even appeared on The Late Late Show tribute to The Pogues’ frontman on RTE television last December.
A View From The Next Room was recorded in their own Transmission Rooms Recording Studio in Longford.
Following their work on Cronin’s critically acclaimed debut album The First Kiss of Love, Karl Odlum (Glen Hansard, The Frames), Ger McDonnell (U2, Manic Street Preachers) and Mick Cronin return as producers.
Cronin have also brought in outside instrumentalists and special guests like The Waterboys’ violinist Steve Wickham, who features on two tracks. In addition, Damien Rice cello player Vivienne Long features on new track Tell Me That You Want Me and Terry Edwards (PJ Harvey, Gallon Drunk) on the remix of Little London.
For the album artwork, the band enlisted DJ, photographer and Oasis-members’ brother Paul Gallagher.
Across the album’s six interrogative tracks the band displays inspired lyrics, deep orchestral arrangements and lifting hooks.
New single Several Perceptions comes alongside a music video of the band performing the song in the studio.
On the making of A View From the Next Room, Mick Cronin says:
“Some of these mixes have been about for some time and others are relatively fresh. With us unable to work in the studio we thought now would be a good time to release these as a mini album. It’s a diverse mix compared to our releases so far, it shows another side of what we have in our heads.”
The album title is a reference to the Henry Scott Holland poem Death is nothing at all.
“Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. ”
In the past, Cronin have been attracting attention from the likes of Noel Gallagher, Pete Doherty and Niall Horan.
Cronin had a few eventful months while finishing off their debut album, from Pete Doherty giving them shout-outs in arenas to Noel Gallagher hiding behind their CD cover to escape the London paparazzi!
The band even count former One Direction star and Mullingar lad Niall Horan as a fan of their gigs.
