Artist: Fionn Regan
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
The End of History
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
In Great Britain, Fionn Regan is gestural to Bella Union Records, an atmospheric dreaming pop label owned by former Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde and home to acts like Robin Guthrie's ultra-atmospheric Violet Indiana. In the United States, Fionn Regan is gestural to Lost Highway Records, an alternate commonwealth and roots rock'n'roll impression that's home to Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, and Tift Merritt. The impressive thing is that the piquant isaac M. Singer and songster is a perfect outfit for both labels. Born and raised in the coastal metropolis of Bray, Ireland, Regan absorbed kinsfolk and blue devils influences alongside the common rock & roll (in interviews, he has claimed inspiration ranging from Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie to the Velvet Underground and Nirvana) ascribable to his artistic family's bohemian beingness surviving and working at a seaboard resort hotel. Picking up piano, fiddle, and guitar at an early historic period from his musician father, Regan was acting in populace ahead he reached his tenth birthday and busking across the country by his mid-teens. Resettling in Brighton, England, Regan gestural with the little indie Anvil Records and released deuce EPs, 2003's Reservoir and 2004's Hotel Room, before connecting with the more than established Bella Union imprint. In search of a bouncy, natural sound, Regan recorded his debut album, The End of History, mostly in an deserted stone barn. The record album was released in Great Britain in the summertime of 2006, garnering considerable praise and regular comparisons to both Damien Rice and Nick Drake, as well as 2 strike singles in "Put a Penny in the Slot" and "Be Good or Be Gone." Lost Highway scheduled the American waiver of The End of History for summertime 2007.
