OurStage: Let The Fans Decide

Bio:
The four lads from STAND met and began playing together in southwest Dublin. After two discs on their indie label produced singles on Irish radio charts, the band took a trip to Austin's SXSW. They relocated to New York and spent the past few years playing on the limitless stages of the eastern U.S. where critics and college audiences alike took notice.

Their near constant touring has earned them a fiercely loyal fan-base, developed by penning consistently intelligent, distinctive songs, and delivering them through a captivating live show. After one appearance before a massive summer festival crowd, Buffalo News rock critic Jeff Miers declared them a "a gimmickless band, able to generate feverish excitement both on the stage and in the studio."

In early 2006, STAND stood still in Buffalo, New York. Stuck in a February blizzard after a sold out show, the band took refuge at Chameleon West, home to that town's beloved Goo Goo Dolls, and commenced the recording of their latest workbook, Travel Light. Started in a Buffalo blizzard and completed in the late summer sun of Lexington, Kentucky, this is their most exploratory work to date and the early reviews are in. After a break in the homeland, the band returns to New York and will pick up the Travel Light tour where it last left off. The band played to a sold out room at Joe's Pub both in May and in September and return to the States to do it all again in late February '08. Stay tuned.

Band Members:

Carl Dowling - Drums/Percussion
Alan Doyle - Voice/Guitar
Neil Eurelle - Voice/Bass
David Walsh - Guitar/Keyboards

Press:

"Imagine the writing of Neil Finn mixed with the wide-open spaces of Pink Floyd" - Irish Examiner

"This is a gimmickless band. Deeply melodic and able to generate feverish excitement both onstage and in the studio." - The Buffalo News

"They're now coming on in lyrical leaps and musical bounds.....While there's much light to be found here, it's thankfully not the frothy kind. Stand may Travel Light, but they mostly fly first class." - Hotpress Ireland

"It is as if this Dublin-based group could do no harm. Perfect in many, many ways..." - Smother Magazine EDITOR'S PICK

"The show you catch in a pub or club will be the same you catch in the arena. Trust me, that's where these Irishmen are headed." - Rochester City News

"A sonically dense record, it is a pitch perfect mélange of tight hooks, engaging studio textures and infectious percussion." - IRISH VOICE

"A determined rock ensemble bringing an energetic live show and an earnest, gritty aesthetic." - New Yorker Magazine

"It was their first time playing here and they sold out two nights weeks in advance. We sensed a phenomenal buzz ....a huge sense of momentum. We can tell when there's a band on the rise and it was clear to us that this band is definitely going somewhere.'' - Bill Bragin-Director Joe's Pub at the Public Theater (now Lincoln Center)