Jimmy Monaghan

Jimmy Monaghan (Irish: Seamus Ó Muíneacháin) is an Irish musician from Belmullet, Ireland. He is the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the anti-folk band Music for Dead Birds.[1] He has also released music under various monikers including The Crytearions[2] and Christian Bookshop.[3]

Jimmy Monaghan
Monaghan performing at Hanoi Rock City, Hanoi, Vietnam in 2018.
Background information
Born (1988-02-25) 25 February 1988
OriginDanbury, Connecticut, United States
Websitewww.musicfordeadbirds.eu

Early life

He was born in Danbury, Connecticut, and moved to Ireland as a child. As a teenager he was an amateur boxer, winning four Irish national titles.[4][5] He won a silver medal at the 2004 Four Nations tournament boxing for Ireland and received the Western People Sports Star of the year award the same year.[6] During his time representing Ireland internationally he fought against the German amateur boxer Gottlieb Weiss.[7]

Music

Monaghan has stated that his early musical influences were Irish traditional music and nu-metal.[8] His first album with Music for Dead Birds, And then it rained for seven days, was released in 2009 by the Irish record label Rusted Rail.[9] In July 2012 Psychonavigation Records released an album of his instrumental piano recordings under his Irish name Seamus O'Muineachain.[10][11] The Irish Times reviewed the album positively, calling it "a tremulous if tranquil success."[12] Bleep.com said of the album "He reveals ten tracks of delicately crafted classicism, a unique piano soundtrack indebted with heart-wrenching cinematic emotion."[13] To promote the album he performed at The Electric Picnic festival in September, 2012.[14] The song Shadowboxing from the album was put into rotation on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation[15] and the song I Am Always in Your Power was used in the Emmy Award nominated series Beat Girl.[16][17] Throughout 2012 he played drums for the Galway based folk band Yawning Chasm.[18][19] In 2013 he released the lo-fi punk album I See What It Is And I Am Scared under the pseudonym 'The Crytearions'.[20] The album found a following on-line from internet radio stations such as Dandelion Radio[21] and music blogs including Tiny Mix Tapes.[22] One review posted by thumped.ie called the album "Uncompromising, entirely unpolished and, in places, not entirely pleasant".[23] In 2017 he produced and released the instrumental Cloves, the second album to be released under his Irish name Seamus O'Muineachain. The track Forest Frost was released to radio and broadcast by RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.[24] Shortly after its release, the album was The Irish Times New Release of The Week[25] and was later featured on Star's End 2017 end of year list.[26] In 2019 he released the album City of Lakes while living in Hanoi, Vietnam.[27] The lead track Impossible to Know was broadcast on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta[28] and RTÉ Radio 1,[29] while the track 'Ghosts' was included on Star's End 2019 year in review show.[30] In March 2020, KEXP and KDHX premiered tracks from his fourth solo album Blue Moon Set.[31][32] The album received a positive review in Rockerilla magazine [33] and was featured on BBC Radio 6 Music.[34] Several music videos were created for the album, including a video for 'Slow Closing Day' by Irish experimental film-maker Maximilian Le Cain.[35]

Dramatic Work

His first stage play, Knock, knock, was performed in February 2011 by the Erris Performing Arts Group in his home town of Belmullet, Co Mayo.[36] Later that year his radio drama Thumb was shortlisted for the RTÉ PJ O'Connor Award.[37] In 2015 he appeared in a Maltese stage production of Butterflies Are Free which ran at Saint James Cavalier in Valletta.[38]

Personal life

In 2016 an image of him cycling on the Aran Islands was used on an Irish post stamp.[39]

Discography

With Music for Dead Birds

Albums

EPs

  • Black Tides Falling, 2010 [40]
  • Your Brand New Life, 2015 [41]
  • Nail & Tooth EP, 2017 [42]

As Seamus O'Muineachain

As The Crytearions

Albums

  • The Crytearions, 2013, Dramacore [44]
  • I See What It Is And I Am Scared, 2013[45]
  • These Songs Hate You, 2015

Compilations

  • The Crytearions: Selected Recordings from the Album Trilogy, 2016 [46][47]

Other

References
  1. "Music For Dead Birds to release debut mini-album". Advertiser.ie. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. http://www.swnk.org/reviews/the-crytearions-i-see-what-it-is-and-i-am-scared/
  3. https://www.hotpress.com/music/christian-bookshop-9232933
  4. http://www.geesalaboxingclub.com/membersformer-members.html
  5. "Club History – Geesala Boxing Club". Geesalaboxingclub.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  6. http://www.mayopics.com/sport/WesternPeopleAwards/2004/glry/index/mu6h0060__monaghans_tn.html
  7. http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/DualsLeague/2003/DualIRL_BEL-GER.html
  8. https://nomoreworkhorse.com/2017/08/06/interview-with-seamus-omuineachain/
  9. http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2009_deadbirds.htm
  10. "New music from Jimmy Monaghan". Advertiser.ie. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  11. "Seamus O'Muineachain – Seamus O'Muineachain | Release Information, Reviews and Credits". AllMusic. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  13. "Seamus O'Muineachain – Seamus O'Muineachain (Psychonavigation) on Bleep – Your Source for Independent Music – Download MP3, WAV & FLAC – Buy Vinyl, CD & Merchandise". Bleep.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  14. "Clashfinder General :: Electric Picnic 2012 Clashfinder". Clashfinder.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  15. "Seamus O'Muineachain – Seamus O'Muineachain – Quiet Space – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RoBGpNGfs
  17. http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/beat-girl-nominated-for-emmy-award-29631762.html
  18. https://www.advertiser.ie/mullingar/article/55130/top-folk-acts-set-for-passionfruit-theatre
  19. http://www.thegmanworld.com/2012/08/the-g-man-interview-w-yawning-chasm.html
  20. http://www.swnk.org/reviews/the-crytearions-i-see-what-it-is-and-i-am-scared/
  21. http://www.dandelionradio.com/artist/The+Crytearions
  22. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/mixtape/angry-at-potatoes-confused
  23. https://thumped.com/music/music-reviews/the-crytearions-i-see-what-it-is-and-i-am-scared/
  24. http://www.rte.ie/rnag/an-taobh-tuathail/programmes/2017/0724/891864-an-taobh-tuathail-monday-24-july-2017/?clipid=2545267
  25. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/the-10-best-new-irish-tracks-of-the-week-1.3182352
  26. http://www.starsend.org/17rev.html
  27. https://nomoreworkhorse.com/2019/06/28/seamus-omuineachain-city-of-lakes-album-review/
  28. https://www.rte.ie/rnag/an-taobh-tuathail/programmes/2019/0701/1058885-an-taobh-tuathail-monday-1-july-2019/?clipid=103145186
  29. https://www.rte.ie/radio1/playback/programmes/2019/0615/1055428-playback-saturday-15-june-2019/
  30. http://www.starsend.org/playlists/01.12.20.html
  31. http://www.kexplorer.com/artist/220394
  32. https://spinitron.com/KDHX/pl/10480506/Synthetic-Sounds
  33. https://issuu.com/rockerilla/docs/476
  34. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hmlf
  35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km7CYGJrTKI
  36. http://www.mayococo.ie/en/Services/ArtsOffice/ArtsUpdate-Newsletters/2011/January2011/Articles/Article,15250,en.aspx
  37. https://web.archive.org/web/20120523195335/http://www.rte.ie/radio1/pjoconnorawards/pjoconnor2011.html
  38. http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-05-11/stage/Butterflies-Are-Free-6736135340
  39. http://www.theirishworld.com/wild-atlantic-way-new-stamps/
  40. https://www.advertiser.ie/Galway/article/28894/music-for-dead-birds-release-new-ep
  41. https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/80035/music-for-dead-birds-to-open-october-citg-gigs
  42. https://thethinair.net/2017/08/ep-stream-music-for-dead-birds-nail-tooth/
  43. https://nomoreworkhorse.com/2017/07/17/seamus-omuineachain-cloves-album-review/
  44. http://www.dramacore.com/info/136.htm
  45. https://thefirenote.com/2013/11/05/the-crytearions-i-see-what-it-is-and-i-am-scared-album-review/
  46. http://thethinair.net/2016/02/download-the-crytearions-selected-recordings-from-the-album-trilogy/
  47. https://www.faetonmusic.com/2016/04/the-crytearions-selected-recordings-from-the-album-trilogy-2016/
  48. https://winstonseedlark.bandcamp.com/album/spain
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