The compilation series will present a two-day event that also acts as a fundraiser for Volume V.
The A Litany Of Failures weekender takes place at Button Factory and Crowbar Terrace on Saturday March 30th and Sunday March 31st.
Bands playing include:
From across the A Litany Of Failures alumni and compilation artists in the Button Factory Main Room and Crowbar Terrace.
- The Bonk
- M(h)aol
- Search Results
- Junk Drawer
- Oh Boland
- MANTUA
Panel Discussion
On Saturday before the gig, a panel discussion on production, hosted by Zara Hedderman will feature three prominent Irish producers, John ‘Spud’ Murphy (Lankum/Black MIDI), Chris W Ryan (Just Mustard/Robocobra Quartet) and Jamie Hyland (Gilla Band/Mhaol), plus DJs.
Tickets are available from Eventbrite from €25.
The gig is put on in conjunction with IMRO and the Button Factory.
Litany on Bandcamp.
A Litany of Failures Volume 4: 22-track Irish vinyl compilation series released
The Point Of Everything interview the Litany crew last year:
The Lineup Of Failures
Each of our speakers has been involved with the compilation in some capacity up until now. Musician & producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy performs with ØXN, Percolator, and has produced and sculpted the live sound of Lankum over the better part of the last decade, as well as producing Cavalcade, the acclaimed second album from Black MIDI. Chris Ryan, as well as contributing tracks with jazz-punk outfit Robocobra Quartet & solo project Sorbet, has produced Just Mustard, New Dad, plus innumerable Litany tracks from the likes of Junk Drawer, Careerist and more. Jamie Hyland is known for her work as bassist/producer/vocalist with M(h)aol, as well as being a recording & mastering engineer, and performer with the likes of Gilla Band, A Lethal Black Ooze, and Clara Tracey.
Our artists across the weekend include one of Ireland’s most forward-thinking live & recorded outfits, Phil Christie-led experimental act The Bonk, whose 2023 LP Greater Than Or Equal To The Bonk topped numerous year-end lists. Viscerally raw post-punk quartet m(h)aol join them on the bill, having recently signed and re-released debut album Attachment Styles in November with Merge Records – they promise fresh cuts for their first Irish dates in some time. One of Ireland’s fastest-rising young acts, indie trio Search Results’ debut album Information Blip saw them explode onto everyone’s radar last year as a fully-formed entity all of their own. We’ll have a set from Litany co-founders, Belfast indie-psych instrument-swappers Junk Drawer, who have just finished up their second album with Chris Ryan at the Meadow Studio. Their Phase I Litany cohorts, Tuam garage power-pop Oh Boland will join them, with promises of a third album on its way very soon, as well as Cork-based artist Elaine Malone’s drone project, ManTua.
About A Litany of Failures
A Litany Of Failures began with the release of Volume 1 in 2016. This EP, released on cassette, featured Junk Drawer, Oh Boland, Shrug Life and That Snaake, and was launched with an Irish tour that summer. This release created the template that would later be expanded upon in Volume II, III & IV, which have featured a total of 60 acts. Each volume is a double vinyl compilation, and includes the likes of Robocobra Quartet, The Bonk, Silverbacks, Problem Patterns, Junior Brother, Elaine Howley, Myles Manley, Cherym, Post Punk Podge, and many more.
The project was conceived as a way that DIY and independent artists could come together, collaborate and support each other in trying to take their own snapshot of the Irish music community, to be preserved for posterity – a “rising tide lifts all boats” mentality – while creating a quality product that could be deemed “Export Ready” in the modern Music-Biz™ parlance.
