The Immediate
Encyclopedia
The Immediate were an avant-garde
Irish rock
quartet, based in Malahide
. They made a considerable impact on the Irish music scene despite releasing only one album during the span of their association together. The album was In Towers and Clouds
(2006). It received primarily positive critical feedback and was nominated for the Choice Music Prize
for Irish Album of the Year 2006. Alongside their sole album, several extended play
s and singles were also released by the band.
They split suddenly in May 2007, citing "existential differences". The final line-up of the band consisted of David Hedderman (vocals, guitar, bass), Conor O'Brien
(vocals, guitar, drums), Peter Toomey (vocals, drums, bass) and Barra Heavey (keys, guitar, bass, drums, backing vocals). The band was known for swapping instruments regularly throughout sets.
boom years. O'Brien called it "a spiritually bereft place". They lived in Malahide
. Hedderman, O'Brien and Toomey came together at St Conleth's College
in Ballsbridge
, Dublin. Heavey joined the band at a later stage and they first performed as The Subterraneans. Hedderman studied painting at the National College of Art and Design
, while O'Brien studied for an arts degree in English and Philosophy at University College Dublin
. The band took their name from their favourite adjective—"immediate".
Among the venues for early gigs were hotel function rooms and a church. The band then spent their college years taking a more direct approach to making themselves known to a wider audience, playing parties and college balls, and occasionally organizing their own shows in Eamonn Dorans, a small pub venue in the centre of Dublin. A CD was thrown onstage at a Manic Street Preachers
gig to a bemused Nicky Wire
and another was even slipped into Beck
's bag with a purchase at a Dublin bookstore. The band spent these formative years honing their craft, with David and Conor focusing on developing their songwriting skills, and Peter on his live performance, which was to become a particularly electrifying aspect of the group's live shows. At this time, guitarist Eoin O'Reilly completed the line-up of the group, and a self-released EP called "Don't Get Lost" (2003) was made available from a select amount of independent Dublin record stores.
They played the Antics indie night in Dublin's Crawdaddy music venue a couple of times.
-based indie label Fierce Panda Records
called the band and asked them to release a single. Early in 2005 that label released The Immediate's debut single, "Never Seen/Say This", as a limited edition double A-side 7". XFM
and BBC Radio One played the track, and the DJ duo Queenz Of Noize included the band on a compilation, leading to numerous shows in London
. The band were visited by major labels but spurned these advances, preferring instead to maintain creative control of their work. Soon afterward, the band signed to another independent label, Fantastic Plastic Records
, where they were to record their debut album. For reasons unknown, guitarist Eoin O'Reilly fell out with the group and was soon replaced by friend Barra Heavey, a regular collaborator who, with the introduction of keyboards, brought an electronic edge to the band which honed the overall sound of The Immediate.
Finally, in the second half of 2005, the band entered Jacobs Studios in Surrey
where they recorded their debut longplayer with US producer Chris Shaw. The first recordings from this session were released in April 2006 as the acclaimed "make our devils FLOW", a four-track EP on CD and 7" double-pack.
On 18 August 2006, In Towers and Clouds was released in Ireland on Fantastic Plastic to mixed approval. On 25 August, the record debuted in the Irish Albums Chart
at number 33 and three weeks later, it was in position number 67. On 18 September, In Towers and Clouds was released in the United Kingdom. That month, The Irish Times
s rock critic Jim Carroll
called the record "one of the best Irish debut albums of the last 20 years" and hoped The Immediate would "be around for a long time to come". The Irish Independent
s John Meagher named it his fifteenth best Irish album of the noughties.
Following the album's nomination for the Choice Prize in 2007 (which led to a performance at the awards ceremony on February 28), the band also performed at the 2007 Meteor Awards
. Prior to this (in 2006), The Immediate had headlined the RTÉ 2fm
2moro 2our.
Thoughts turned to a second album soon after the release of the first and Hedderman reported having "a lot of sleepless nights" in their attempt "to get these ideas down right now". On 28 February 2007, a national tour was announced.
page which cited "existential differences" as the reason for the split but which also stated "We all still love each other. Regularly". The news was greeted with shock, particularly as critics had expected them to eventually become an international success. Meanwhile, the band had on that very Friday been officially announced on Oxegen
's website as one of the acts scheduled to perform at the Oxegen 2007
festival in July.
"As a thank you for all the amazing messages we've been getting since the band split" one final song was made available for free download via MySpace; "The Mist Above the Mind" was recorded by The Immediate in early 2007. Soon after the band's split numerous critics regarded them as the new Irish act with the most international potential and agreed they would be sorely missed.
On 9 November 2007, the Irish Independent
s entertainment supplement Day & Night published an article by band member Barra Heavey, explaining his take on why the band had come to an end.
O'Brien later joined Cathy Davey
's band, before forming Villagers
.
, with a sound similar to The Kinks
eventually evolving. Hedderman has claimed The Kinks were "the first band I ever liked", and that he knew the words to "Lola
" from a very young age despite the fact "I had no idea what it was about". He sang the song "as a party piece", leaving his sisters "in stitches". Radiohead
and Britpop
were other influences. According to O'Brien, the band were obsessed with art.
The Irish Independent
said "Their moody, jerky rhythms sounded like Franz Ferdinand
getting beaten up by Joy Division
". Analogues Brendan McGuirk described them as "Louth
's answer to an early form of Radiohead". After witnessing one performance at The Black Box in Belfast, Hot Press
commented: "There's a playful grope with U2
here, a quick fumble with Talking Heads
there and a covert, climactic Krautrock
fondle at the end", while the vocals and guitars on "Stop and Remember" were compared to Gang of Four
by the magazine. The Irish Times
observed that they did not fit into any of Dublin's "many micro-musical scenes".
s Una Mullally named The Immediate as the "Best Irish Band" of 2006, saying "they have the ability to be one of the most important Irish bands of the decade, if they can hold it down".
, an award won by The Divine Comedy
for the album Victory for the Comic Muse
. Toomey had not expected the nomination. The band performed at the award ceremony in Vicar Street
on 28 February 2007.
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Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
Irish rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
quartet, based in Malahide
Malahide
Malahide is a coastal suburban town, near Dublin city, located in the administrative county of Fingal, within the traditional County Dublin, Ireland. It has a village-like centre and extensive residential areas to the south, west and northwest.-Name:...
. They made a considerable impact on the Irish music scene despite releasing only one album during the span of their association together. The album was In Towers and Clouds
In Towers and Clouds
In Towers and Clouds was the debut album released by the now disbanded Dublin quartet The Immediate. The album received generally positive reviews on its launch and was nominated for the 2007 Choice Music Prize....
(2006). It received primarily positive critical feedback and was nominated for the Choice Music Prize
Choice Music Prize
-Establishment:It was established by journalist Jim Carroll and manager Dave Reid in 2005. as an alternative to the industry-dominated Meteor Music Awards. The Choice Music Prize is modelled after the Mercury Prize which is awarded each year to the best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland...
for Irish Album of the Year 2006. Alongside their sole album, several extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
s and singles were also released by the band.
They split suddenly in May 2007, citing "existential differences". The final line-up of the band consisted of David Hedderman (vocals, guitar, bass), Conor O'Brien
Villagers (band)
Villagers are an Irish band fronted by Conor J. O'Brien.They have performed at several music festivals and toured with Tracy Chapman, Bell X1, Tindersticks and Elbow. They have one EP, titled Hollow Kind...
(vocals, guitar, drums), Peter Toomey (vocals, drums, bass) and Barra Heavey (keys, guitar, bass, drums, backing vocals). The band was known for swapping instruments regularly throughout sets.
Early days
The band members were raised in middle-class Dublin during the Celtic TigerCeltic Tiger
Celtic Tiger is a term used to describe the economy of Ireland during a period of rapid economic growth between 1995 and 2007. The expansion underwent a dramatic reversal from 2008, with GDP contracting by 14% and unemployment levels rising to 14% by 2010...
boom years. O'Brien called it "a spiritually bereft place". They lived in Malahide
Malahide
Malahide is a coastal suburban town, near Dublin city, located in the administrative county of Fingal, within the traditional County Dublin, Ireland. It has a village-like centre and extensive residential areas to the south, west and northwest.-Name:...
. Hedderman, O'Brien and Toomey came together at St Conleth's College
St Conleth's College
St. Conleth's College is a fee-paying Catholic school in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1939, by Bernard Sheppard, who ran the school from 16 Clyde Road until due to demand the school was upgraded to the larger premises at 28 Clyde Road....
in Ballsbridge
Ballsbridge
Ballsbridge is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, named for the bridge spanning the River Dodder on the south side of the city. The sign on the bridge still proclaims it as "Ball's Bridge" in recognition of the fact that the original bridge in this location was built and owned by a Mr...
, Dublin. Heavey joined the band at a later stage and they first performed as The Subterraneans. Hedderman studied painting at the National College of Art and Design
National College of Art and Design
The National College of Art and Design is a national art and design school in Dublin, Ireland.-History:Situated on Thomas Street, the NCAD started as a private drawing school and has become a national institution educating over 1,500 day and evening students as artists, designers and art educators...
, while O'Brien studied for an arts degree in English and Philosophy at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
. The band took their name from their favourite adjective—"immediate".
Among the venues for early gigs were hotel function rooms and a church. The band then spent their college years taking a more direct approach to making themselves known to a wider audience, playing parties and college balls, and occasionally organizing their own shows in Eamonn Dorans, a small pub venue in the centre of Dublin. A CD was thrown onstage at a Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...
gig to a bemused Nicky Wire
Nicky Wire
Nicholas Allen Jones, known as Nicky Wire, is the lyricist, bassist and occasional vocalist with the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.-Early life:...
and another was even slipped into Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
's bag with a purchase at a Dublin bookstore. The band spent these formative years honing their craft, with David and Conor focusing on developing their songwriting skills, and Peter on his live performance, which was to become a particularly electrifying aspect of the group's live shows. At this time, guitarist Eoin O'Reilly completed the line-up of the group, and a self-released EP called "Don't Get Lost" (2003) was made available from a select amount of independent Dublin record stores.
They played the Antics indie night in Dublin's Crawdaddy music venue a couple of times.
Breakthrough
LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
-based indie label Fierce Panda Records
Fierce Panda Records
Fierce Panda Records is a London-based independent record label, with its first release in February 1994. It also produced a small number of releases that year by now famous artists such as Ash, The Bluetones, Baby Bird and Supergrass...
called the band and asked them to release a single. Early in 2005 that label released The Immediate's debut single, "Never Seen/Say This", as a limited edition double A-side 7". XFM
Xfm
Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...
and BBC Radio One played the track, and the DJ duo Queenz Of Noize included the band on a compilation, leading to numerous shows in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. The band were visited by major labels but spurned these advances, preferring instead to maintain creative control of their work. Soon afterward, the band signed to another independent label, Fantastic Plastic Records
Fantastic Plastic Records
Fantastic Plastic Records is a London based record label. It was independent until 15 June 2007 when the Sanctuary Group was bought by the Universal Music Group.-Current artists:* Bearsuit* Bricolage* Guillemots* Luke Haines* New Cassettes* Oppenheimer...
, where they were to record their debut album. For reasons unknown, guitarist Eoin O'Reilly fell out with the group and was soon replaced by friend Barra Heavey, a regular collaborator who, with the introduction of keyboards, brought an electronic edge to the band which honed the overall sound of The Immediate.
Finally, in the second half of 2005, the band entered Jacobs Studios in Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
where they recorded their debut longplayer with US producer Chris Shaw. The first recordings from this session were released in April 2006 as the acclaimed "make our devils FLOW", a four-track EP on CD and 7" double-pack.
On 18 August 2006, In Towers and Clouds was released in Ireland on Fantastic Plastic to mixed approval. On 25 August, the record debuted in the Irish Albums Chart
Irish Albums Chart
The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...
at number 33 and three weeks later, it was in position number 67. On 18 September, In Towers and Clouds was released in the United Kingdom. That month, The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
s rock critic Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll (journalist)
Jim Carroll is an Irish music journalist, blogger and editor who is currently employed by The Irish Times. He runs a blog titled "On the Record" for the newspaper....
called the record "one of the best Irish debut albums of the last 20 years" and hoped The Immediate would "be around for a long time to come". The Irish Independent
Irish Independent
The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper that is published in both compact and broadsheet formats. It is the flagship publication of Independent News & Media.-History:...
s John Meagher named it his fifteenth best Irish album of the noughties.
Following the album's nomination for the Choice Prize in 2007 (which led to a performance at the awards ceremony on February 28), the band also performed at the 2007 Meteor Awards
2007 Meteor Awards
The 2007 Meteor Music Awards ceremony was held in the Point Theatre, Dublin on Thursday, 1 February 2007. It was the seventh edition of Ireland's national music awards and the last to be held at the Point before it shut for redevelopment...
. Prior to this (in 2006), The Immediate had headlined the RTÉ 2fm
RTÉ 2fm
RTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is Raidió Teilifís Éireann's second national radio station. It broadcasts popular music programming aimed at a young Irish audience.- History :...
2moro 2our.
Thoughts turned to a second album soon after the release of the first and Hedderman reported having "a lot of sleepless nights" in their attempt "to get these ideas down right now". On 28 February 2007, a national tour was announced.
Split
On 19 April 2007, The Immediate were confirmed as performers at that year's Trinity Ball. This proved to be their last performance as the band announced they were to split at the event on Friday 11 May 2007. They later confirmed this in a post on their MySpaceMySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page which cited "existential differences" as the reason for the split but which also stated "We all still love each other. Regularly". The news was greeted with shock, particularly as critics had expected them to eventually become an international success. Meanwhile, the band had on that very Friday been officially announced on Oxegen
Oxegen
Oxegen is an annual music festival in Ireland held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. As of 2007, 2008, 2009, the festival has been cited as Ireland's biggest music festival. And by 2009, the festival is cited as the greenest festival, being a 100% carbon neutral event in Ireland. It was previously...
's website as one of the acts scheduled to perform at the Oxegen 2007
Oxegen 2007
Oxegen '07 was the fourth Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It took place on the weekend of Saturday, 7 July and Sunday, 8 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. The festival was headlined by Muse and Snow...
festival in July.
"As a thank you for all the amazing messages we've been getting since the band split" one final song was made available for free download via MySpace; "The Mist Above the Mind" was recorded by The Immediate in early 2007. Soon after the band's split numerous critics regarded them as the new Irish act with the most international potential and agreed they would be sorely missed.
On 9 November 2007, the Irish Independent
Irish Independent
The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper that is published in both compact and broadsheet formats. It is the flagship publication of Independent News & Media.-History:...
s entertainment supplement Day & Night published an article by band member Barra Heavey, explaining his take on why the band had come to an end.
O'Brien later joined Cathy Davey
Cathy Davey
Cathy Davey is an Irish singer-songwriter. She has released one extended play, "Come Over" , and three albums, Something Ilk , Tales of Silversleeve and The Nameless...
's band, before forming Villagers
Villagers (band)
Villagers are an Irish band fronted by Conor J. O'Brien.They have performed at several music festivals and toured with Tracy Chapman, Bell X1, Tindersticks and Elbow. They have one EP, titled Hollow Kind...
.
Style
O'Brien has said the band's earliest songs were reminiscent of Green DayGreen Day
Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
, with a sound similar to The Kinks
The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
eventually evolving. Hedderman has claimed The Kinks were "the first band I ever liked", and that he knew the words to "Lola
Lola (song)
"Lola" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks which details a romantic encounter between a young man and a transvestite he meets in a club in Soho, London....
" from a very young age despite the fact "I had no idea what it was about". He sang the song "as a party piece", leaving his sisters "in stitches". Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
and Britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
were other influences. According to O'Brien, the band were obsessed with art.
The Irish Independent
Irish Independent
The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper that is published in both compact and broadsheet formats. It is the flagship publication of Independent News & Media.-History:...
said "Their moody, jerky rhythms sounded like Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand (band)
Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish post-punk revival band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The band is composed of Alex Kapranos , Bob Hardy , Nick McCarthy , and Paul Thomson .The band first experienced chart success when their second single, "Take Me Out", reached #3 in...
getting beaten up by Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
". Analogues Brendan McGuirk described them as "Louth
County Louth
County Louth is a county of Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Louth. Louth County Council is the local authority for the county...
's answer to an early form of Radiohead". After witnessing one performance at The Black Box in Belfast, Hot Press
Hot Press
Hot Press is a fortnightly music and political magazine based in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had a circulation of 19,215 during 2007...
commented: "There's a playful grope with U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
here, a quick fumble with Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
there and a covert, climactic Krautrock
Krautrock
Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
fondle at the end", while the vocals and guitars on "Stop and Remember" were compared to Gang of Four
Gang of Four
The Gang of Four was the name given to a political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution and were subsequently charged with a series of treasonous crimes...
by the magazine. The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
observed that they did not fit into any of Dublin's "many micro-musical scenes".
Members
- David Hedderman — VocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Conor O'BrienVillagers (band)Villagers are an Irish band fronted by Conor J. O'Brien.They have performed at several music festivals and toured with Tracy Chapman, Bell X1, Tindersticks and Elbow. They have one EP, titled Hollow Kind...
— Vocals, guitar, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Peter Toomey — Vocals, drums, bass
- Barra Heavey — KeysKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, guitar, bass guitar, drums, backing vocals
Discography
The Immediate released one album.- "Don't Get Lost" EP (2003)
- "make our devils FLOW" EP (2006)
- In Towers and CloudsIn Towers and CloudsIn Towers and Clouds was the debut album released by the now disbanded Dublin quartet The Immediate. The album received generally positive reviews on its launch and was nominated for the 2007 Choice Music Prize....
(2006)
Awards
The Sunday TribuneSunday Tribune
The Sunday Tribune was an Irish Sunday broadsheet newspaper published by Tribune Newspapers plc. It was edited in its final years by Nóirín Hegarty, who changed both the tone and the physical format of the newspaper from broadsheet to tabloid. Former editors include Conor Brady, Vincent Browne,...
s Una Mullally named The Immediate as the "Best Irish Band" of 2006, saying "they have the ability to be one of the most important Irish bands of the decade, if they can hold it down".
Choice Music Prize
The Immediate's debut album In Towers and Clouds was nominated for the Choice Music PrizeChoice Music Prize
-Establishment:It was established by journalist Jim Carroll and manager Dave Reid in 2005. as an alternative to the industry-dominated Meteor Music Awards. The Choice Music Prize is modelled after the Mercury Prize which is awarded each year to the best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland...
, an award won by The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy (band)
The Divine Comedy are a chamber pop band from Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon. Formed in 1989, Hannon has been the only constant member of the group, playing, in some instances, all of the non-orchestral instrumentation bar drums. To date, ten studio albums have been released under the Divine...
for the album Victory for the Comic Muse
Victory for the Comic Muse
Victory for the Comic Muse is the ninth studio album by The Divine Comedy. It was released by EMI on June 19, 2006. Despite what people might assume, Neil Hannon did not choose the title as a reference to the group's 1990 debut Fanfare for the Comic Muse...
. Toomey had not expected the nomination. The band performed at the award ceremony in Vicar Street
Vicar Street
Vicar Street is a concert and events venue in Ireland, located on Thomas Street, Dublin 8. Its capacity allows for 1,000 people for seated performances, and 1,500 people for standing gigs...
on 28 February 2007.
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| 2007 || In Towers and Clouds
In Towers and Clouds
In Towers and Clouds was the debut album released by the now disbanded Dublin quartet The Immediate. The album received generally positive reviews on its launch and was nominated for the 2007 Choice Music Prize....
|| Irish Album of the Year 2006 ||
|-
Meteor Music Awards
The Immediate were nominated for Best New Irish Act at the 2006 Meteor Awards.|-
| 2006 || The Immediate || Best New Irish Act ||
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External links
- The Immediate on Other Voices
- "Top o' the modern" — Barra Heavey, 11 March 2007, Sunday TribuneSunday TribuneThe Sunday Tribune was an Irish Sunday broadsheet newspaper published by Tribune Newspapers plc. It was edited in its final years by Nóirín Hegarty, who changed both the tone and the physical format of the newspaper from broadsheet to tabloid. Former editors include Conor Brady, Vincent Browne,...