Halfset

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Halfset
OriginDublin
Genres
Years active2005 (2005)–2015 (2015)
Labels
  • Elusive Casino
  • Gravity
[1]
Past members
  • Stephen Shannon
  • Jeff Martin
  • Sinead Nic Gearailt
  • Cillian McDonnell

Halfset were an Irish electronica/post-rock band based in Dublin.[2][3][4]

Career[edit]

Halfset's second album, Another Way of Being There (2008), was nominated for the Choice Music Prize, earning comparisons to Sigur Rós, Mogwai and Tortoise.[5][6] Halfset performed at Electric Picnic 2009.

By 2015 the band had disbanded.[7][8][9][10]

Personnel[edit]

  • Stephen Shannon (producer/engineer, laptop, bass)[11]
  • Jeff Martin (guitar, vocals)[12]
  • Sinéad Nic Gearailt (harp, Rhodes piano)[13]
  • Cillian McDonnell (drums)[14]

Discography[edit]

Albums
  • Dramanalog (2005)
  • Another Way of Being There (2008)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Halfset - Another Way of Being There". 10 October 2008 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "No half measures from Halfset when it comes to the music". Galway Advertiser.
  3. ^ "Halfset - Dramanlog". Entertainment.ie.
  4. ^ "Halfset Navigator". irishmusicdb.com.
  5. ^ "'Post-rock' band Halfset a hit". IrishCentral.com. 14 March 2009.
  6. ^ "Music: Halfset * * * *". Independent.ie.
  7. ^ "Halfset members return as Mount Alaska; Hear 'Sine, Cosine, Tangent' | Nialler9". nialler9.com. 11 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Introducing: Mount Alaska - the electronica duo with plans to conquer in 2018". Red Bull.
  9. ^ "Soundtrack On The Mount: Steve Shannon and Cillian McDonnell - Mount Alaska". 12 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Ten Irish acts we wish were still making music no". The Irish Post.
  11. ^ "Leaving the lyrics behind". The Irish Times.
  12. ^ "Halfset discography". RateYourMusic.
  13. ^ "Enough with the labels! Let me just get on with making music". The Irish Times.
  14. ^ "Halfset | Other Voices". www.othervoices.ie.

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