David Keenan - A Beginner's Guide To Bravery (CD/Vinyl)

Released 2020

Available physical formats: Vinyl / CD

• Card digipack CD with 12 page booklet featuring all album lyrics.

Tracklist:

James Dean

Unholy Ghosts

Altar Wine

Love in a Snug

Tin Pan Alley

Good Old Days

The Healing

Origin of the World

Eastern Nights

Evidence of Living

Subliminal Dublinia

“A remarkable talent. Takes the baton from Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, early Bruce Springsteen and Mike Scott, and runs with it. Thrilling.” - Dan Cairns, Sunday Times Culture (UK) 

“The epic sweep of Van Morrison, the high notes of Tim Buckley, and the soul of Samuel Beckett.” - Michael Hann, The Guardian, FT, Spectator (UK)

“Keenan’s debut is so devastatingly good, that it’s downright scary to imagine his growth since he’s only just started. Even now It takes some bravery just to listen to his intense tales.” - Jim Hynes, Glide magazine (USA)

"An unbreakable stretch of ambition" - 4 stars album review, Tony Clayton-Lea, The Irish Times

“Reach and grasp are equal. The first great record of the year.” Pat Carty - Hot Press

“A really remarkable new record.” - Robin Hilton, NPR All Songs Considered

“Keenan writes words like no other.” - 4 star album review in The Australian.

“Debut albums as fine as this are a genuine rarity.” Trevor Leeden, Rhythms magazine, Australia.

“David Keenan forms impossible sentences to tell stories using poetry that transports us.” 4 star review in La Presse