Boa Morte

County: Cork

Decades Active: 1990s, 2000s

Elegently downbeat four-piece formed in Cork in 1998

About Boa Morte

Having existed under a few different guises over the years, Boa Morte came together in Cork, Ireland at the start of 1998. Their well recieved, self-financed "Passenger, measure your time" E.P. released in 1998 generated a lot of record company interest which culminated in the band signing a recording deal with an American label in 1999.

Recording of their debut album was completed in Dublin in late 2000 with producer Daniel Presley, well respected for his previous work with Spain and The Breeders amongst others. Further recording and mixing occured through 2001. Complications with the American deal delayed and eventually postponed the release of the album.

Shoeshine Records in Glasgow came to the rescue and in July 2002 Boa Morte's debut album 'Soon it will come time to face the world outside' was released to widespread critical acclaim.

The band have gigged extensively, supporting the likes of Teenage Fanclub, The Pernice Brothers and Howe Gelb as well as playing headline shows around Ireland and an extensive UK tour with label-mates The Beauty Shop and Major Matt Mason USA.

2004 found the band completing recording the follow-up to 'Soon...' with Daniel Presley again producing.

Boa Morte’s second album, “The Dial Waltz” (2009) followed a similar aesthetic and was equally well-received, with Q magazine hailing the record as a “supremely elegant sound-track for staring into your half-empty pint.”

It was a full decade before the band recorded their third album “Before There Was Air”. which saw them infuse their brand of slow-burning, alternative folk with elements of electronic, ambient and new-classical music. The album was released to strong reviews by London label Gare Du Nord in September 2019.

With new songs flowing and a dedicated studio space in Cork city centre, the band maintained momentum and had a new album ready to record by early 2021. After the inevitable pandemic delay they entered Black Mountain Studio in September where they were re-united with Daniel Presley to begin recording what was to become their fourth album, 'The Total Space’.

Lineup

Bill Twomey - guitars
Maurice Hallissey - drums
Paul Ruxton - guitars, vocals
Cormac Gahan - guitars, vocals

Video

Boa Morte - Wooden Floor video

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