Little Green Cars

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Little Green Cars
Little Green Cars in 2013
Little Green Cars in 2013
Background information
OriginDublin, Ireland
Genres
Years active2008–2019
LabelsIsland, Glassnote
Associated actsMarkus Dravs, Soda Blonde
Websitelittlegreencars.com
Past membersStevie Appleby
Dylan Lynch
Donagh Seaver O'Leary
Adam O'Regan
Faye O'Rourke

Little Green Cars were an Irish indie rock band formed in Dublin in 2008. The band announced on 21 March 2019 that they were disbanding.[1] In the wake of the band's breakup, several past members formed Soda Blonde.[2][3]

History[]

Little Green Cars were formed in Dublin in 2008. The band members are Stevie Appleby on guitar and vocals, Faye O'Rourke on vocals, Adam O'Regan on guitar, Donagh Seaver O'Leary on Bass and Dylan Lynch on Drums. Since signing with Glassnote Music, the band has toured America and the UK extensively. The US portion of the 2013 tour included a live performance of their single Harper Lee on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The band has played at the 2013 SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas,[4] the Coachella music festival in California,[5] Lollapalooza 2013 in Chicago and the 2013 Osheaga festival in Montréal.[6] On 7 January 2016 they announced their second album, Ephemera, going to be released on 11 March 2016 in BBC Radio 1 and played their first single from the album, The Song They Play Every Night.[7] The album was named after a poem by Irish Nobel-prized poet W. B. Yeats about slowly fading love.[8] On 10 February they uploaded the official audio of their new song, Easier Day, on their YouTube channel[9] and the music video which was uploaded to their Vevo channel.[10]

Early years[]

The band met and formed as school friends in 2008. They would rehearse in a space in Stevie Appleby's back garden and quickly began to write and record their own material. Initially the band self-released a couple of EPs which in turn caught the attention of major record labels in the UK. Their first UK release was a 7" version of The John Wayne on the Young and Lost Club label, which was produced by David Kosten and contained the b-side Glass Case. The band played many shows and rehearsals for many labels, but felt the right home for them was New York based label Glassnote. Daniel Glass made several trips to Ireland to meet with the band and they signed with the label in January 2012. The band were named on the prestigious BBC sound poll for 2013, along with Haim, Savages and Chvrches.

Discography[]

Little Green Cars discography
Studio albums2
EPs3
Singles7

Studio albums[]

Year Details Peak chart positions
US Heatseekers
[11] 		IRL UK
2013 Absolute Zero 19 1 94
2016 Ephemera
  • Released: 11 March 2016
  • Label: Glassnote
  • Formats: CD, download, vinyl
 — 2 —
"—" denotes a title that did not chart.

EPs[]

Year Details
2008 Volume I
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Little Green Records
Volume II
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Little Green Records
2013 Harper Lee

Singles[]

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
IRL UK
2012 "The John Wayne" — — Absolute Zero
2013 "Harper Lee" — —
"My Love Took Me Down To The River To Silence Me" — —
"Big Red Dragon" — —
2016 "The Song They Play Every Night" — — Ephemera
"Easier Day" — —
"Clair De Lune — —
"—" denotes a title that did not chart.

References[]

  1. ^ Thomas, Cónal. "Little Green Cars reach the 'end of the road' as band announce break-up". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  2. ^ Nialler9 (May 16, 2019). "Little Green Cars members debut new band Soda Blonde at secret Dublin gig tonight". Nialler9. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Tony Clayton-Lea (July 27, 2019). "Goodbye Little Green Cars, hello Soda Blonde". The Irish Times. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "SXSW Featured Artist". Archived from the original on April 14, 2013.
  5. ^ Tillman, David (February 16, 2013). "Coachella 2013 Bands to Watch For: Little Green Cars". mimo.recordingconnection.com.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2013-05-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Newsdesk, The Hot Press. "Little Green Cars announce album release + Cork date". Hotpress.
  8. ^ "All changed utterly for Little Green Cars". March 9, 2016 – via www.rte.ie. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ "Little Green Cars - Easier Day (Official Audio)" – via www.youtube.com.
  10. ^ "Little Green Cars - Easier Day" – via www.youtube.com.
  11. ^ "Artist Search for "little green cars"". AllMusic.

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