Ham Sandwich

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Ham Sandwich
Ham Sandwich at Mitchelstown Indie Pendence Festival 2007
Ham Sandwich at Mitchelstown Indie Pendence Festival 2007
Background information
Origin Kells, Meath, Ireland
Genre(s) Indie rock
Years active 2005–present
Label(s) Route 109 Records
Website eathamsandwich.com
Members
Podge McNamee
Niamh Farrell
John Moore
Darcy
Ollie Murphy

Ham Sandwich is an Irish indie rock band from Kells, County Meath. The band consists of Podge McNamee on vocals and guitar, Niamh Farrell on vocals, John Moore on bass guitar, Darcy on guitar and piano, and Ollie Murphy on drums.[1] The band has released four singles, an EP, and have released their debut album, Carry the Meek, on February 15, 2008. That same day they won the Meteors Hope for 2008 Award.[2] The band is currently based in Dublin, Ireland.

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[edit] Background

Johnny Moore and Podge McNamee were childhood friends, and first announced the formation of the band on Good Friday, 2003. 'Martin' the original lead guitarist in the band departed after just 6 months citing musical differences in the band, he was replaced by 'Darcy'. Moore and Darcy met at St. Patrick's Classical School, Navan; other notable pupils include Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Hector Ó hEochagáin. Niamh Farrell joined the band in Dublin after a solo stint in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] Bassist and songwriter Moore suggested the name at an early rehearsals session when the group could not decide on a name, and it has both helped and hindered the band. U2 frontman Bono encouraged the group to change the peculiar name upon meeting drummer Ollie Murphy in 2006, but conceded that U2 faced similar criticism before their success.[3] Niamh has commented, "it’s a bit of a blessing I guess, no-one ever forgets the name and it makes us work harder."[1]

On March 17, 2007, the band participated in the annual Kells Festival of Colour.[4] In Summer 2007, the band was featured on FM104's Open Mic with Ruairi Carroll.[5] On August 4, 2007, Ham Sandwich played at the Guinness Indie-pendence festival of independent Irish bands in Mitchelstown, County Cork.[6] The band have been televised on The Late Late Show in February, the Dustin once a week show in September as well as the The Podge and Rodge Show's halloween special on October 30, 2007 during the Rock 'n Roulette feature.

Following the release of their third single, the band, with the assistance of producer Karl Odlum of The Frames, began recording in the neo classical estate of Headfort House.[1] The band was awarded the Meteors Hope for 2008 Award in February 2008. The award was voted on by listeners of RTÉ 2fm, who chose Ham Sandwich over five other acts.[2] Ham Sandwich are managed by Derek Nally.

[edit] Discography

Ham Sandwich released their first single, "Sad Songs", in early August 2005.[7] They have followed it with singles "St. Christopher" in January 2006,[8] Words,[1] and "click...click...BOOM" on February 16, 2007.

Ham Sandwich's debut full length album Carry The Meek was released on February 15, 2008 on Route 109 Records.[9] The band has elicited fan art to complete the CD release.[10] Ham Sandwich' debut album Carry the Meek debuted in the Irish album chart at number 23.[citation needed] The band had previously released a debut EP. The album was produced by Karl Odlum (The Frames, The Mary Janes, Gemma Hayes, David Kitt, Kila) in Heafort House, Kells and Cross, Mullagh, Co. Cavan. It was mastered by Fred Kevorkian (The National, The White Stripes, Ryan Adams, The Walkmen, Sonic Youth, Regina Spektor, Debbie Harry).

The album received reviews from the Irish Independent - Four Stars [11] Irish Times - Three Stars [12] Hot Press 8/10, [13] Cluas.com [14] and RTE [15]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ham Sandwich. Berube Communications (August 20, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  2. ^ a b "Meteor eight-in-a-row for Westlife", The Irish Times, February 16, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-19. 
  3. ^ O2 Making Waves - Ham Sandwich. 02 (2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
  4. ^ Kells St. Patrick's Weekend Festival 2007. Kells Festivals (2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  5. ^ Bands we've had on. FM104 (November 12, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  6. ^ Ham Sandwich take to the road. Muse (June 8, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
  7. ^ "Spirit Store", Hot Press, August 12, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-11-26. 
  8. ^ Ham Sandwich single launch announced. Hot Press (January 16, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
  9. ^ Ham Sandwich debut album.. Thirll Pier (November 13, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  10. ^ Ham Sandwich Want You. Phantom FM (July 13, 2007).
  11. ^ Ham Sandwich - Music, Day and Night - Independent.ie
  12. ^ ireland.com - The Ticket
  13. ^ Carry The Meek
  14. ^ CLUAS | Album reviews - Ham Sandwich 'Carry The Meek'
  15. ^ RTÉ.ie Entertainment: Ham Sandwich - Carry the Meek

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