bohemia

Although it�s hard to believe, there�s a way to sound earnest in asking the question, �Whatever happened to Corey Haim?�
Instead of ransacking the recent past with an irony-laced scythe, Dublin-based The Thrills take the wide-eyed innocence of a California that never really existed and turn it into plaintive, stoop-sitting observations.
Instead of rocking any worlds, the gangly, jangle-y rock tunes seep into the conscience like oranges on the evening sky.

The Thrills

Let's Bottle Bohemia

Hot off the heels of their 2003 debut �So Much for the City,� �Let�s Bottle Bohemia� equates life just outside the spotlight with the uneasy feelings of love. Faded beauty queens, Charles Foster Kane�s Rosebud and Haim himself all make scattershot cameos in the lyrics sheet. And it�s almost too much, bringing to mind the guitar-wielding English majors who wonder why everyone�s having a good time except them.
Then �Not For All the Love in the World� comes along, and lead singer Conor Deasy�s clear-throated croon makes it all worthwhile. Bring on the banjo and, yeah, the non sequitur lyrical phrases are invited, too. The slippery days of early fall need a soundtrack and The Thrills keep trying to provide one.

Originally published in the October 2004 edition of Take ONE, as written by Hank Brockett

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