The Enright House – (no relation)

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by The Beat,

I admittedly would have never had the chance to experience the sounds of The Enright House if it weren’t for their choice of name. Those of you close to me know my roommate’s last name is Enright (shout out, holla) and we frequently label our living quarters House Enright. It was a sheer coincidence that I stumbled across them but I’m glad I did. TEH primarily consists of Mark Roberts (Evan Svchaare joins him on tour) who now calls Chicago his home after spending several years in Europe and New Zealand. Mark characterizes his material as such:

“Sonically, my music is constructed from various materials: a passion for the derelict and broken, prolonged spells of depression and self-imposed isolation, a deep respect for classical music, a somewhat warped pop sensibility, and as much hope and idealism as I can muster on my better days.

Perhaps, as someone once suggested to me, it is a music best suited for rainy autumn-winter days, or for slitting one’s wrists, or for falling in and out of love and philosophizing about life, or simply for rolling around in your feelings like an Irish Wolfdog in the leaves of a forest park.”

I’m not going to argue with that. I haven’t felt this enamored with sad-bastard, electronic music since the debut London Apartments LP (reviewed here). There’s enough melody throughout to keep me interested but also a healthy amount of twists and turns for those needing a bit of a challenge. There are also a few mellow post-rock influenced moments, not unlike BTID favorites Epic45- see the 2 opening tracks on their sole LP, A Maze and Amazement. The Acoustic EP, Remixes EP and Cat and Bird split 7″ can be downloaded free from their Bandcamp page. Below are a few mp3′s and a video that should get you hooked, if you aren’t already. You can purchase their A Maze and Amazement CD over at CDBaby or digitally through the iTunes store. It comes highly recommended.

Darkwave = MC Squared

We Might As Well Have Stayed Young

Broken Hands

Visit The Enright House on Myspace or Facebook for more sounds and info.

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Gratis: Or The Story Is In The Pingback › Beat the Indie Drum | 22 August 2009, 13:16
[...] A few months ago I spoke highly of The Enright House and ‘their’ excellent A Maze and Amazement LP released ‘way back’ in 2007 and I even featured one song from the album on the June mix. The band put together a split EP with Wisconsin’s Pushmi-Pullyu (great name) back in April that saw a limited run of 100 CD-r’s on the MAM! record label. Once the label recouped costs from CD-r sales they made the EP available for download here. Highlights include Pushmi-Pullyu’s respectable cover of The Enright House’s ‘MC = Darkwave Squared’ and two slow-burning ambient tracks from TEH themselves. In case you dig this EP and weren’t paying attention the first time around – be sure to grab all the other free releases on The Enright House’s Bandcamp page. Lastly, the above-mentioned MAM! Records happens to be a netlabel offering up their entire catalog for download. I haven’t had a chance to scour the catalog but if this EP is any indication – there’s gems to be unearthed in those mines. [...]