Christian Bookshop
by Christian Bookshop
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Stay Clean
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Folk Singer
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Mirror In The Lake
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about
"The brilliantly-named Christian Bookshop are an acoustic folk duo in the classic mode, with a decidedly lo-fi approach. With just the sparest of backing, these ten songs, recorded over a two-week period in a Co. Mayo pantry (it’s true!), showcase a burgeoning talent. There is real substance here… "
Hot Press
"Christian Bookshop is Jimmy Monaghan’s duo with Aisling Walsh, making the kind of gorgeous harmonious folk-pop that sweet couples sing at parties over a guitar while exchanging secret smiles."
Harmless Noise
"Rather charmingly, these timeless folk songs were recorded 'over two weeks in a pantry in Belmullet, Co Mayo'. The domestic setting seems to have imbued them with a comfortable feel, like they’ve already been embraced hundreds of times. Plus, there’s something very familiar about these tracks; like I’ve heard them before, but in the best way. The sometimes salty language gives a bit of a jolt now and then, while the songs are at times appealingly rough-around-the-edges."
Sweet Oblivion
"Recorded in a pantry in Belmullet. That’s right. Picture it. Do swinging folk singalongs, bordering on chamber pop in places, come to mind? No? Not to worry. Let Christian Bookshop show you the way.
Last month, the duo provided Conor with “one of his songs of the year”, in the shape of the sublime ‘Singin’ Freebird’, which came with an equally cool-but-not-full-of-it video. Now their eponymous debut album sees the light of day. The overall tone tends more towards a slow build than the bracing ‘Singin’ Freebird’ might suggest. The enjoyably caustic ‘Folk singer’ and the muted, campfire-friendly psych-pop of ‘A million stars (These kids)’ are a couple of other highlights."
We Are Noise
"Christian Bookshop might be my favorite bandname of the day, and we've had some fucking doozies, most notably "fucking Doozies" from Palo Alto, California. The sing song sing a long sing sang of 'Singin' Freebird' is probably the perfect introduction to a band I've never heard, from a country I've never been to (but share a percentage of a lineage with), toting a genre I've never considered listening to. What's the genre? Peep their bandcamp, they call it fucking campfire bro. Christian Bookshop is a campfire band bro.
I love this shit."
SYFFAL
'Christian Bookshop' is an album project by Jimmy Monaghan (Music For Dead Birds, Seamus O'Muineachain) and Aisling Walsh.
Recorded over two weeks in a pantry in Belmullet, Co Mayo, the album features contributions from Evelyn Walsh (Clarinet), Eleta Van Schalkwyk (Violin) & Trista Monaghan (Tin whistle).
The cover art was designed by Jimmy Monaghan and features photographs taken by Declan Kelly, Aaron Casey, Ian McIntyre and other unidentifiable photographers (any copyright infringement claims can be directed to christianbookshopband@gmail.com)
All songs written, recorded and mixed by Jimmy Monaghan.
Mastering and sequencing by Liam O'Connor.
Hot Press
"Christian Bookshop is Jimmy Monaghan’s duo with Aisling Walsh, making the kind of gorgeous harmonious folk-pop that sweet couples sing at parties over a guitar while exchanging secret smiles."
Harmless Noise
"Rather charmingly, these timeless folk songs were recorded 'over two weeks in a pantry in Belmullet, Co Mayo'. The domestic setting seems to have imbued them with a comfortable feel, like they’ve already been embraced hundreds of times. Plus, there’s something very familiar about these tracks; like I’ve heard them before, but in the best way. The sometimes salty language gives a bit of a jolt now and then, while the songs are at times appealingly rough-around-the-edges."
Sweet Oblivion
"Recorded in a pantry in Belmullet. That’s right. Picture it. Do swinging folk singalongs, bordering on chamber pop in places, come to mind? No? Not to worry. Let Christian Bookshop show you the way.
Last month, the duo provided Conor with “one of his songs of the year”, in the shape of the sublime ‘Singin’ Freebird’, which came with an equally cool-but-not-full-of-it video. Now their eponymous debut album sees the light of day. The overall tone tends more towards a slow build than the bracing ‘Singin’ Freebird’ might suggest. The enjoyably caustic ‘Folk singer’ and the muted, campfire-friendly psych-pop of ‘A million stars (These kids)’ are a couple of other highlights."
We Are Noise
"Christian Bookshop might be my favorite bandname of the day, and we've had some fucking doozies, most notably "fucking Doozies" from Palo Alto, California. The sing song sing a long sing sang of 'Singin' Freebird' is probably the perfect introduction to a band I've never heard, from a country I've never been to (but share a percentage of a lineage with), toting a genre I've never considered listening to. What's the genre? Peep their bandcamp, they call it fucking campfire bro. Christian Bookshop is a campfire band bro.
I love this shit."
SYFFAL
'Christian Bookshop' is an album project by Jimmy Monaghan (Music For Dead Birds, Seamus O'Muineachain) and Aisling Walsh.
Recorded over two weeks in a pantry in Belmullet, Co Mayo, the album features contributions from Evelyn Walsh (Clarinet), Eleta Van Schalkwyk (Violin) & Trista Monaghan (Tin whistle).
The cover art was designed by Jimmy Monaghan and features photographs taken by Declan Kelly, Aaron Casey, Ian McIntyre and other unidentifiable photographers (any copyright infringement claims can be directed to christianbookshopband@gmail.com)
All songs written, recorded and mixed by Jimmy Monaghan.
Mastering and sequencing by Liam O'Connor.
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released 08 September 2012
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- Track Name: Singin' Freebird
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Hey head to the islands,
Now that everything's going my way.
I'm signin' Freebird to anyone passing my way,
And if you don't like what I do then fuck you.
Homeward bound scared,
I'll find my way there,
Feeling so free,
With this life inside of me.
Dance out on the main street,
Now everyone's looking at me,
And I won't give them a warning,
Could be dead in the morning,
So if you don't like what I do well then fuck you.
Homeward bound scared,
I'll find my way there,
Feeling so free,
With this life inside of me. - Track Name: The Past Tense
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So this is how it ends,
You tell me that it hurts,
The night I kissed your breast,
At the fireworks,
And your mother was scared,
She couldn't turn the locks,
They've been broken for years,
And no-one ever knocks,
And the scar you wouldn't show,
Was beautiful and red,
As soft as the rain,
As soft as your bed,
But I slept on your floor,
All summer long,
Your mom said I'm a bum but I swear I'll prove her wrong,
And finally get a job that makes it all worth while,
And try to go to work everyday with a smile,
But the night down on the pier,
When we were getting wet,
The fireworks went off,
And I thought that I'd gone deaf,
Until you whispered in my ear,
It don't make any sense,
Why I can only think in the past tense. - Track Name: Waste My Time (Thinking Of You)
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High tide,
Full moon,
Oh I'm coming soon!
I lied,
I'm gone,
Yeah I'll see ya.
And the way you make me feel so real,
I just waste my time thinking of you.
They lied,
They're wrong,
No I'm not insane.
It's hard to go,
But I'm gone.
And the way you make me feel so real,
I just waste my time thinking of you. - Track Name: Waste My Time (Bluebirds)
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You gotta keep smart and fit,
On top of it,
Be right even when you're wrong,
Gotta know the words if you're singing your song.
Gotta stay strong and cool,
Ahead of the fools, question how reality seems.
Don't ever give up on your dreams.
You gotta make art or impart any wisdom you know ,
You can never be going too slow.
Don't care what they say at the end of the day we're all just made out of clay.
And even if your ideas are childish and high that's where the bluebirds fly,
That's where the bluebirds fly.
And boy you're wasting your time,
Why you always wasting your time?
Well hey man you know it's not a crime. - Track Name: Stay Clean
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I could stay in bed all day,
Thinking of the mess I've made,
Cursing at myself again.
All the lies that I have cracked,
All the things that I have lacked,
It's hard to dream when you can't sleep.
Wait with me,
I'll hold you down,
But I'll stay clean.
I've been running a mess all day,
Mind's gone off in a serious way,
So inside is where I'll stay.
You've gone off and you're all around,
Think your way across the town,
It's hard to sleep when you can't dream.
Wait with me,
I'll hold you down,
But I'll stay clean. - Track Name: Folk Singer
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The world don't need another folk singer now,
And I am just one more the world can do without,
But it's all that I can do to keep my mind from turning blue,
And actually it's all that I can do.
The world don't need another folk singer now,
No the world just chews us up and spits us out,
And I haven't got a cent, nor a penny to my name,
And I fear that it's driving me insane.
I'm living with my mother now again,
Sometimes I feel like she's my only friend,
And all I have are songs yeah the songs which I have wrote,
The melody and the single note.
I've been playing all round,
New York and London I've been found,
But the world will not remember my name and I only have myself to blame.
All I really want's a house somewhere,
And I wife with beautiful long hair,
And a place to sing my songs,
A place to sing along,
With the world and everything that's gone wrong.
But the world don't need another folk singer now,
And I am just one more the world could do without,
But it's all that I can do to keep my mind from turning blue,
And actually it's all that I can do. - Track Name: Penitentiary
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Lose my breath,
When my body's for sale.
In the test of life I fail,
And you'll see me in the penitentiary oh yeah that's where I'll be.
Only fools and horses work,
So I'll take my time,
Numb my brain and go bezerk,
And you'll see me in the penitentiary oh yeah that's where I'll be.
Hold me in the dark,
Hold me down forever ever.
I know where we are,
Falling apart with the weather weather,
So tie my shoes,
Walk me down to the city city,
Pick and choose all the places my mind it should be.
Born again,
I'm finally free.
Smile for,
The camera please,
When you see me in the penitentiary oh yeah that's where I'll be.
Hold me in the dark,
Hold me down forever ever.
I know where we are,
Falling apart with the weather weather,
So tie my shoes,
Walk me down to the city city,
Pick and choose all the places my mind it should be.
Shed my skin and watch it fly,
I'd rather live you'd rather die,
When you see me in the penitentiary oh yeah that's where I'll be. - Track Name: Mirror In The Lake
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I could never go,
I could never stay,
It's all I ever do,
It's all I ever say.
Mirror in the lake,
Everything looks fake,
A poem in a dream,
A whisper in a scream,
That I will find a key,
that will set me free,
In the belly of the beast.
I am all alone,
Things will never change,
I am feeling gross,
I am feeling strange.
Mirror in the lake,
Nobody can take,
Something that's not there,
The words inside my prayer,
That I will find a key,
That will set me free,
In the belly of the beast. - Track Name: Sleeping In Bars
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Under the night,
Under the stars,
It's so much better,
Than sleeping in bars,
Or crashing in cars,
We could be one if we don't really try.
It's all the same to me,
It's all the same.
It's all the same to me
Can't you see?
Then,
Tell me you'll change and everything's fine,
Come have a drink to kill off some time.
The world's in our way,
It's hard but it's just the same the same to me.
It's all the same to me,
It's all the same.
It's all the same to me
Can't you see? - Track Name: A Million Stars (These Kids)
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I heard your frequencies,
From your mountain side,
You've had the worst day,
Of your entire life,
But now the moon shines bright,
You're so pretty in this light,
Come on let's live our lives,
Come on let's live them right.
A million stars explode,
These kids they've got no lives,
They said we tried too hard,
To fall in love tonight.
Passed out and still no luck,
Happy like a drunk,
Don't care what tomorrow brings,
As long as I hear you sing woo-hoo.
And then I called for you,
From the mountain top,
You've learned to love yourself,
I've learned to never not.
Let's forget everything,
Let's forget all this pain,
Come on let's go outside,
Go dancing in the rain.
A million stars explode,
These kids they've got no lives,
They said we tried too hard,
To fall in love tonight.
Passed out and still no luck,
Happy like a drunk,
Don't care what tomorrow brings,
As long as I hear you sing woo-hoo.
