"a festival of colours" self-released on "4 cats the bird & the baby" Record Label

"If there was a God I wore him out"

"If there was.... is born with beauty and the pain of regret and sweeps through time and stops abruptly. It shows us how we all have an urge to create. We all hunger and seek redemption and re-assurance, but in the end we all have to face is our own aloneness even with material success that 'that's all there really is'.. in a Beckett-like 'perhaps' reality of 'your damned if you do and if you don't'". - By Sean Carver - Artist & Critic http://seancarver.ie

Lyrics:

beginning to feel 
like a part of history 
crowning of Kings 
creating a mystery 
ye, we understand 
we don't have a shout 

we pick all the pieces 
and squeeze them to fit 
missed opportunities 
and all of them regrets 
eager to learn 
but with wisdom comes doubt 

you're damned if you do & you're damned if you don't 

a taste in the mouth 
from licking the powers that be 
not taking chances 
utter complacency 
we wont be judged 
of this we've no doubts 

you're damned if you do & you're damned if you don't 

if there was a God 
I wore him out 

i'm sorry 
we are a part 
but we don't belong here 
we are a part 
but we don't belong here 

a fatal blow 
for the innocent 
the takers of 
what's beautiful 

they'll lay you down 
they'll pick you up 
they'll be the ones 
to fuck you up 
so we'll leave today 
we'll leave today 

if there was a God 
I wore him out 
if there was a God 
I wore him out

if there was...

4 songs live from the Workman's club Dublin

written about the Arab spring rising.

Moving:
one man's ego that finds us here
we'll fight till the end comes & take us my dear
it's our holy land in the end
so we'll take the blood of fellow man
take what is theirs
from where we stand
may a God above
have mercy on our souls

cause we're not moving

I can't feel my hands from the fear my dear
I can't move my feet to run from here
I can't see my enemy, or the fear in his eyes
At a corner, a man is taken by the crowd
they drag him down, they drag him down
and with tears in his eyes he screams
we're not moving

we're not moving

take it like a man
take it if you can
take it like a man
take it if you can

take take take


Moving - Live(rough recording) - The Workmans Club Dublin

4 songs live from the Workman's club Dublin -

this song was nominated for an IMTV award also on the album

Everything - Live(rough recording) - The Workmans Club Dublin

Intox - Live(rough recording) - The Workmans Club Dublin

The Workman's Club, Dublin Ireland
** a festival of colours, this song is the title track on the album.
this live version is a favourite with the fans


A Festival Of Colours - Live(rough recording) - The Workmans Club Dublin, Ireland

Flubirds - Overhead, The Albatross(feat. kev barry - the matinée idles, w/vox/lyrics)

Taken from Mr. Dog E.P.
I had the honour of putting lyrics & vocals to the track. I didn't want to take away from this powerful piece of Instrumental music, so I kept the vocals to a minimum, thanks to Vinny & band for allowing me to do this.
Kev Barry

Overhead, The Albatross, are from Dublin, Ireland and are the finest live instrumental act you will ever see, trust me. 
Please support their music, 
https://overheadthealbatross.bandcamp.com/

Lyrics:

I got them to say
That the truth is hidden
Far from here
They'll forgive you today
If you bow to their needs
In every way

Was calling just too say
I'm here for you
Though I'm far away
Calling just too say
I'm here for you
But I'm frightened, everyday
It's okay this way
Cause I'm caught in a Flubirds song
It's okay this way,
I'm caught in a Flubirds song

caught in a Flubirds song
caught in a Flubirds song

© 2013 music - overhead, the albatross 
© 2013 lyrics & vox - kev barry - the matinee idles

Flubirds - Overhead, The Albatross(feat. kev barry - the matinée idles, vox/lyrics)

April's Piano, is a track that will be on Kevin's new 2016 album.

Lyrics
--------------
Climb down
too me
it's time, too leave
and we'll run
through the flaggers
and we'll escape
across the sea

do you want us back
do you want us back
if you want us back
will you let us know

I heard, there's a gathering
of children like us
where fear is on hold
where truths are told

do you want us back
do you want us back
if you want us back
will you let us know

April you know it's time
changed your beautiful mind
and know that they will pay for what they've done
April you know it's time
you faced your beautiful mind
and know that they will pay for what they've done

April's piano

Radios My Lover (fifi) - taken from kev's first album "Looking for Murphy"



"the last stand" (instrumental)
written by kevin barry (the matinée idles) 
& kevin murphy (seti the first)
from up coming album by kevin barry - the matinée idles - "borderline vintage" 2024


This track was born out of a slight obsession with Uprisings, polictical, Governmental tyrannical policies.
This track and the Track 
"We are not Moving" came from the Egyptian Uprisng Revolution of 2011

© kevin barry (the matinée idles)

The Last Stand - (classical) from the Upcoming Album "Borderline Vintage" 2024

looking for murphy

Pain in my head

pain in my head

"Tell it like it is" taken from Kevin Barry's(The Matinee idles)debut album 2008.
This song has being signed to a Hollywood licensing company for placement in Hollywood films in the next 3 years

Tell it like it is - album "Looking for Murphy"

"the matinée idles" (aka kevin barry), is from Dublin,Ireland, currently living Dublin & London. 

"...they'll lay you down, they'll pick you up, they'll be the ones to fuck you up, so we'll leave today, leave today...."
His debut album was the critically acclaimed "Looking for Murphy." 
The name "the matinée idles" came from his love of film & the sound you get is described as "lyrically dark, atmospheric & cinematic" 

"a festival of colours" his long awaited second album, was released on his own record label "4 cats the bird & the baby."

Kevin writes, engineers & produces his own work & also plays all the instruments.
He has featured on BBC Radio 6 & Tom Robinson's show Fresh on the Net.
Following the release Kevin signed a 3 year licensing deal for 5 of his songs to a publishing companies in the USA, Canada & Ireland. They have placed songs in numerous Hollywood block buster films; their placements include music in Academy Award-winning films such as “Brokeback Mountain”, “The Blind Side” and “A Beautiful Mind”; Emmy-winning shows such as “Six Feet Under”, “Breaking Bad”, “Damages”, and “House”

Press for album "a festival of colours"
"..a record that must go down as one of the most different and artistic efforts to come out of Ireland in a long, long time..."
- GoldenPlec.com

".. this is a great album and it will probably feature on a number of "Best of 2014" lists.."
- U&I Music Magazine 
(unsignedandindependent.com)

"A deeply atmospheric record, A Festival of Colours bustles with musicality and glistening soundscapes. Tinged with post-rock and indie motifs the album is a serene, yet powerful journey into Kevin Barry’s music."
- The Last Mixtape (thelastmixedtape.com)

This latest number from “the matinee idles” upcoming album “a festival of colours” (due out in 2014) and on the back of this single and 2010’s ‘Everything’ it promises to be an eclectic affair.
So far, so low key but from about the one minute mark the unnerving drums and guitar suddenly build in volume and intensity, they rise to a real crescendo of menace before suddenly shuddering to an abrupt halt. 
At a little over three minutes the single doesn’t outstay its welcome.
An upbeat summer number this isn’t. It comes off a little Zooropa meets Kid A era Radiohead down a dark alley, which isn’t a bad thing if you can imagine such a sonic marriage. This latest release from the Idles shows enough promise to mark Barry’s band as one to watch out for in 2014”
By Niall Healy MRU

One great song is Everything, this band are sure to make it big, after hearing this musical snippet. It’s worth checking out, and pay attention to the imagery- it’s quite interesting
By Music blogger Davidokeffe.com

“The song "Everything" is used in a very deep and passionate way, it almost is at one with every note and chord progression, I like dynamics in the song as they really lift the melody, it’s like a breath of fresh musical air to the ears…”							
By Trevor Halpin Music review unsigned

In 2010 Kevin released a song called "everything" along with a video from his upcoming album "a festival of colours", the video was filmed in the popular pub  "The Stags Head" in Dublin & it went on to be nominated for an IMTV award. This song was also signed to a New York publisher.  
see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10WP-3k-po

Press for album "Looking for Murphy":

“Kevin Barry's voice, bruised, battered but utterly brilliant…… each listen to the record reaps new rewards…” 	
By Hot Press Ireland  

“Kevin plays and experiments with sounds and instruments in his songs to provide the listener with a unique but compelling musical experience…..this an album of the highest quality forged in the fire found only in the belly of someone who really believes in what they do. Buy it” 
By Music Review Unsigned UK 

“Songwriter whose powerful voice and thoughtful lyrics have finally begun to attract the kind of acclaim he deserves…."
By On the Verge Dublin

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