Dublin's Naoise Roo continues her effervescent streak with a live a cappella version of Roy Orbison's sombre yet much loved hit ‘Crying’. The track was recorded live last weekend at a fundraising and awareness event hosted by Dublin Digital Radio to raise funds for Strike 4 Repeal.  Roo's stunning vocals take this classic track to a new level of gripping intensity.

Released on March 8, 2017, in honour of International Women's Day, Naoise's spellbinding cover is mesmerizing in its stark retelling, injecting a fierceness and strength that recalls the intensity of PJ Harvey and Siouxsie Sioux.

"Crying has been covered by so many artists, all touched by its stark sense of loneliness and heartbreak. Its a song that means a lot to me and considering the various negative circumstances for women in Ireland right now, I just felt compelled to sing it.It's an emotional outlet, which speaks for itself".

On her album Lilith, produced by Elder Roche (Myles Manley) and Liam Mulvaney (Girl Band) and released on Little L Records, Naoise delivers a highly accomplished and enthralling insight into the emotional and musical range of the emerging songwriter.  She deals with themes of heartbreak, desire, and female identity and stylistically ranges from powerfully emotional indie rock to delicate ambient electronic, visceral hard grunge to wryly flirtatious melodies - while still remaining strikingly unique.

Listen to ‘Crying’ Here 

Castle Face Records' have announced their first book.  Exploded Globes is an annotated collection of posters by John Dwyer from the period 1999-2016. “For our very first Castle Face book, we have a selection from the dusty vaults of our own John Dwyer’s prodigious poster output. Bold, brash, lovingly imperfect prints embellished with some stories of the nights in question as told by the man himself...you can’t miss out on this or your coffee table will never forgive you.”

From the introduction: “ In this book, in no particular order, are the handbills, fliers and posters I’ve made since 1999 or so to present. The style doesn’t vary all that much…similar content…but I think I’ve gotten slowly better over all these years… I’m still a bit too impatient of a person to make “perfect” prints… but I think part of that is my style: a mess sometimes. Nothing wrong with that. I’m really not a huge fan of the typical rock poster. It can be a tedious format to look at, especially after years of playing shows and a million posters, so I try to make something from a bit of a different place.  Thanks, and I hope you enjoy, maybe you were at one of these shows?  Maybe you thought, who made this shit poster? It was me, cheers, JPD”.

In hardcover, Exploded Globes is casewrapped in crimson cloth with gold foil lettering, so it looks nice on your shelf. Out March 24th.