The Irish Times - Friday, October 28, 2011
We Cut Corners
JIM CARROLL
Today I Realised I Could Go Backwards Delphi ****
The vitality and energy of the songs on We Cut Corners' spry, spruce debut album will have you paying attention to this pair of Dublin schoolteachers. Conall O'Breachain and John Duignan's dramatic songs owe a lot to both careful craft (you can hear this in how lyrical lines have been minutely pared and parsed) and their maturing as musicians. It's to their credit that they've chosen not to accentuate the limitations of their guitars and drums set-up by simply blasting the volume, and have instead turned such minimalism into a virtue by pushing the harmonies to the fore. Three People, The Leopard and A Pirate's Life echo The Frames and Conor O'Brien in their ebbs and flows, while Go Easy is a magnificent, heartwarming thrill. There are hints of clever wit at work on the likes of Are You a Man or a Mannequin - and, better still, notions of bigger challenges and triumphs to come. See wecutcorners.netDownload tracks : The Leopard, Go Easy, Three People
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