The Immediate

The Immediate

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Immediate


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Origin = Dublin, Ireland
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Genre = Rock
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Years_active = 19??–2007
Label = Fantastic Plastic Records
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Current_members = David Hedderman
Conor O'Brien
Peter Toomey
Barra Heavey
Past_members = Oliver Reid
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The Immediate were an Irish rock quartet, based in Dublin, who made a considerable impact on the Irish music scene despite releasing only one album ("In Towers and Clouds") during their lifetime. The album received generally positive critical feedback and was nominated for the 2007 Choice Music Prize. Alongside their sole album, several EPs and singles were released by the band.

The final line-up of the band band consisted of Conor O'Brien (vocals, guitar, drums), David Hedderman (vocals, guitar, bass), Peter Toomey (vocals, drums, bass), and Barra Heavey (keys, guitar, bass, drums, backing vocals). The band was known for swapping instruments regularly throughout sets.

Background

The band came together at St. Conleth's College in Ballsbridge, Dublin, finding a musical mentor in the guise of their school caretaker, who was responsible for introducing Conor and Dave to bands and musicians such as The Velvet Underground, Love, Can, and Serge Gainsbourg. Other influences included Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, and The Kinks. Peter, whose interests derived from 1960s pop music including Jacques Brel, Scott Walker and The Shangri-Las, arrived soon after. The band took their name from their favourite adjective- "immediate".

Among the venues for early gigs were hotel function rooms and a church. The band then spent their college years taking a more direct approach to making themselves known to a wider audience, playing parties and college balls, and occasionally organizing their own shows in Eamonn Dorans, a small pub venue in the centre of Dublin. A CD was thrown onstage at a Manic Street Preachers gig to a bemused Nicky Wire and another was even slipped into Beck's bag with a purchase at a Dublin bookstore. The band spent these formative years honing their craft, with David and Conor focusing on developing their songwriting skills, and Peter on his live performance, which was to become a particularly electrifying aspect of the group's live shows. At this time, guitarist Eoin O'Reilly completed the line-up of the group, and a self-released EP called 'Don't Get Lost' (2003) was made available from a select amount of independent Dublin record stores.

Breakthrough

One of their demos was heard by london-based indie label Fierce Panda Records and early in 2005 that label released The Immediate's debut single, "Never Seen/Say This", as a limited edition double A-side 7". XFM and BBC Radio One played the track, and the DJ duo Queenz Of Noize included the band on a compilation, leading to numerous shows in London. It wasn't long before the band signed to another independent label, Fantastic Plastic Records, where they were to record their debut album. For reasons unknown, guitarist Eoin O'Reilly fell out with the group and was soon replaced by friend Barra Heavey, a regular collaborator who, with the introduction of keyboards, brought an electronic edge to the band which honed the overall sound of The Immediate.

Finally, in the second half of 2005, the band entered Jacobs Studios in Surrey where they recorded their debut longplayer with US producer Chris Shaw (who has previously worked with Wilco, Super Furry Animals, Public Enemy, Bob Dylan). The first recordings from this session were released in April 2006 as the acclaimed "make our devils FLOW", a 4 track EP on CD and 7" double-pack.

The album was then released on August 18 2006 to widespread approval. On August 25, "In Towers & Clouds" debuted in the Irish album charts at No 33. Three weeks later, it was still in the Top 75 (at No 67). "In Towers & Clouds" is now regarded as the finest Irish debut album of the past decade. [http://www.ireland.com/theticket/articles/2006/0915/1158001563479.html]

Following the album's nomination for the Choice Prize in 2007 (which led to a performance at the awards ceremony on February 28), the band also performed at the 2007 Meteor Awards. Prior to this (in 2006), The Immediate had headlined the 2fm 2moro 2our.

Split

To the surprise of their fans, the band announced their shock split at what was to be their last gig, the 2007 Trinity Ball on Friday May 11 2007. This was confirmed by a post on their MySpace page on May 13. [http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-irish_news/the-immediate-split-up-/spId/89E50F81-F7D1-A715-417F1D3656EC3ED6.html] Meanwhile the band had on the Friday been announced on the official Oxegen website as playing at the 2007 festival. In a press release the band cited "existential differences" as the reason for the split. Later that year, on November 09 2007 the Irish Independent's entertainment suppliment 'Day & Night' published an article by band member Barra Heavey, explaining his take on why the band ended [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-immediate-end-of-days-1215884.html] .

One final song, "The Mist Above the Mind", was made available to fans for free download also via MySpace. [http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-irish_news/the-immediate-release-one-more-tune/spId/A0339008-BC09-74F8-4FA3BC94B9307C20.html] Soon after the band's split numerous critics regarded them as the new Irish act with the most international potential, and agreed that they will be sorely missed.

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/theimmediate Official MySpace of The Immediate]
* " [http://www.ireland.com/theticket/articles/2006/0915/1158001563479.html Charting a cautionary tales of two albums] " - Irish Times article
* [http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-irish_news/the-immediate-split-up-/spId/89E50F81-F7D1-A715-417F1D3656EC3ED6.html The Immediate split up!]
* [http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-irish_news/the-immediate-release-one-more-tune/spId/A0339008-BC09-74F8-4FA3BC94B9307C20.html The Immediate release one more tune]


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