The Sunday Times
I DRAW SLOW : WHITE WAVE CHAPEL (Independent / Pinecastle US)
This Dublin five-piece don’t make mistakes. I Draw Slow showed that they had very definite ideas in their first two albums: old-time Appalachian roots with an Irish edge. White Wave Chapel doesn’t stray too far from this groove — and didn’t have to, because siblings Dave and Louise Holden have penned another 13 exquisite tracks…
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Hot Press
White Wave Chapel : I Draw Slow
Key Track: ‘Now You’re Gone’
BLEND OF IRISH FOLK AND AMERICANA NEVER TASTED SO GOOD.
I Draw Slow’s third album sees the Dublin 5 piece successfully blend Irish Folk and Americana, mixing ingredients from bluegrass, trad and country, into a lip-smackingly flavorsome dish. Co-produced by the highly experienced Brian Masterson (Planxty, The Chieftans), White Wave Chapel may have been born in Ireland, but it’s heartbeat comes from high in the Appalachians,…
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The Indpendent
I Draw Slow : White Wave Chapel (Pinecastle/Independent)
John Meagher – Loaded: I Draw Slow release bewitching album
The Dublin-based quintet I Draw Slow released their bewitching Americana-inspired new album White Wave Chapel today. Centred around the talents of siblings Louise and Dave Holden, the band really upped their game with this album, which was helmed by veteran producer Brian Masterson…
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The Irish Times
I Draw Slow : White Wave Chapel (Pinecastle/Independent)
4/5 stars
The third album from this five-piece Dublin string band sees them further hone their increasingly confident and distinctive blend of American bluegrass and Irish sensibility into something special – a kind of greengrass, perhaps. What was once hesitant now sounds assured, and that spine of American folk and bluegrass seems a perfect fit for these tales of loss and losing….
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The Last Mixed Tape
I DRAW SLOW : WHITE WAVE CHAPEL (Independent / Pinecastle US)
White Wave Chapel works as an organic, honest release from Irish folk act I Draw Slow. Populated by the group’s pin-point performances and beautiful arrangements.
With the opening, sudden harmonic burst found on ‘All Souls’ I Draw Slow’s deep sense of melodic structure and musicianship is translated from the outset. Undulating passages of melody and interwoven instrumentation blend together to form the vibrant sonic tapestry on which the album finds its centre…
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dublinconcerts.ie
I DRAW SLOW : WHITE WAVE CHAPEL (Pinecastle Records)
‘White Wave Chapel’ is the third album from Dublin’s I Draw Slow, a bluegrass group making serious ripples at home and overseas. The album, released just this past Friday, 21st February, seems so far looks to be a success among both critics and the public, climbing into the Top 5 of the iTunes Irish album chart following its release…
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kdhx.org
I DRAW SLOW : WHITE WAVE CHAPEL (Pinecastle Records)
I Draw Slow sketches a memorable portrait on ‘White Wave Chapel’
There is an interesting moment in a recent interview with Dave Holden, guitarist of the Irish band I Draw Slow, when he notes that in America their music is described as Irish, and in Ireland, it’s American…
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musician.ie
I DRAW SLOW : WHITE WAVE CHAPEL (Pinecastle Records)
On first listen, White Wave Chapel will have you tapping your heels together one minute and getting lost in Louise Holden’s beautiful harmonic tones the next. This five piece Dublin outfit of accomplished players have brought everything to these sessions and it’s easy to fall in love with this album. And like any love that’s worth its measure you’ll want to go deeper to find out more….
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folkradio.co.uk
I DRAW SLOW : WHITE WAVE CHAPEL (Pinecastle Records)
If proof were needed that the world is shrinking, Dublin band I Draw Slow’s third album White Wave Chapel is a transatlantic marriage of contemporary Americana, bluegrass and old-world folk balladry. In the past that may have raised eyebrows and caused breath to sharpen on intake, but the ability to send a song halfway around the world at the touch of a button has blurred the genre lines…
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singout.org
I DRAW SLOW : WHITE WAVE CHAPEL (Pinecastle Records)
In the folk music world on this side of the Atlantic, it’s hard to throw a stick without hitting a band composed of Americans doing their level best at performing traditional Celtic music, be it Irish, Scottish or elsewhere among the Celtic nations. In the “turnabout is fair play” scheme of things, then, it’s nice to encounter a Dublin-based outfit like I Draw Slow taking on the American tradition…
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