The hosts of the Nialler9 Podcast (Niall Byrne and Andrea Cleary) in conjunction with The Big Romance present the Listen Closely series of listening parties, a night featuring a focus album from an artist we love on the last Wednesday of the month.
Our January album listening party is suitably seasonal. This month’s Listen Closely:
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)
Justin Vernon launched his Bon Iver career with a debut album of acoustic folk heartbreak on Jagjaguar. The story goes that Vernon recorded the album in a log cabin in North Wisconsin in a three month stint of solitude. After burying his dead computer in the snow, Vernon went on to write one of the most defining cathartic albums about love of the new century, featuring songs like ‘Skinny Love’, ‘Flume’, ‘The Wolves’ and ‘For Emma’.
Come and listen to the album with us hear some thoughts on the record on Wednesday January 29th at 7:30pm, on plush warm vinyl at full volume in The Big Romance’s wonderfully warm Toby Hatchett soundsystem.
Down to the last few tickets already.
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Listen Closely is a chance to appreciate a modern classic album on the Big Romance’s warm Toby Hatchett soundsystem with a chat about the record on the night, whether you know it and love it, or if it’s brand new to you. We play the album and provide some background context and chat about it too.
Tickets are limited to 40 for this intimate event.
Doors: 7.30pm.
Album playback and chat from 8pm.
More Listen Closely events to be announced monthly.
Previous albums in the listening party series:
The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (2022)
Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children (1998)
Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Beastie Boys – Ill Communication (1994)
Fiona Apple – Tidal (1996)
Portishead – Dummy (1994)
Laurie Anderson – Big Science (1982)
Madvillain – Madvillainy (2004)
Four Tet – Rounds (2003)
Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)
