HALO INFINITE (Halo Theme) - Warthog Run

Metal Gear Rising | It Has to be This Way | Cover by GO!! Light Up!

"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...

It Has To Be This Way (Original Version)

Red Vs Blue Ice Fight

Metal Gear Rising OST - Red Sun Extended

Piano Cover of Bloody Tears (Castlevania)

Bloody tears

DOOM 4 Soundtrack - Cyberdemon

Made by FalKKonE. I fell in love with this when I first heard it on YouTube. Check him out, he's got great symphonic metal covers!

FalKKonE - Song of Storms / Windmill Hut [Intense Symphonic Metal Cover]

Keith Power - We All Lift Together

Doom Eternal: Heaven's Wrath by Mick Gordon

"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

if there was...

the matinée idles

Recent comments

Johnno C

Doug Sheridan

Related tracks