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Yngve Wieland, Ned Cartwright, Palmi, Demian Wieland

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Born in Kaiserslautern, West Germany, Yngve (pronounced Ing-vuh) moved to Ireland in the eighties with his parents in search of a richer, simpler, organic lifestyle; and they found it in northwest Sligo. He has been applauded as an outstanding musician and has found his voice writing his own material. He has an astonishing ability to strip down songs to the most honest lyrics and delicate guitar hooks and then instantly switch back to robust and powerful guitar chords. Whichever way he plays he doesn't fail to enrapture his audience.

Yngve has shared billings with an array of Ireland's less orthodox artists, including Jape, Katell Keineg, Nina Hynes, and Alphastates. He released his Debut Studio EP 'Four Weeks' in 2005 with the promotional tour culminating in a Headline Show in Whelans in Dublin in August 2005. Since then he has played show's in Scotland, including the Launch of the Glasgow/Edinburgh Music Magazine 'The Skinny Mag' and played special guest slots with Irish Artists David Kitt and Turn.

In December 2005 he supported Paul Weller in Dublin's Olympia Theatre and in January 2006 his song "Easier for You" was featured on the Irish Soap 'Fair City'. That Same song also appears on the Gigsmart Compilation CD "The Compilation Returns" which was launched in the Temple Bar Music Centre last October and is available in all good Irish Music Stores.

Yngve has just finished his Debut Album - Tell Men This with Producer Eoin Bailey.

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Totally Cork + Dublin Album Review

21 Jan 2009 10:39 AM

German-born and Sligo-raised, Yngve Wieland (no relation to Scott) has been simmering under the skin of the Irish music industry since 2004. Growing up in rural Sligo in the eighties, his parents' weekly acoustic sessions fuelled Yngve's interest in music. His father's musical leanings (he is one-man blues band smokestack) have no doubt influenced him greatly, although he neglects to cite him amongst the Leohard Cohens and Martha Wainwrights on his Myspace. Fast-forward to adulthood and young Yngve has shared bills with Jape, Alphastates, Nina Hynes and Paul Weller, and is now releasing his debut full-length album. Beginning with the physical property of the record, first impressions of the album are already impressive. The carbon neutral case acts as a canvas for the artwork of Bennie Reilly, a fellow member of the art collective 'Space to Be Yourself'. Flicking through, the inlay is adorned with Reilly's trademark unnerving images of awkward children, such as 'Mutton Girl'. It is appropriate for an album that largely deals with childhood innocence and loss. Tell Men This picks up a long way off from where his self-produced EP Four Weeks (2005) left off. Despite positive reviews, the EP meant Yngve was tagged with the derogatory and insipid 'singer/songwriter' label. But there is far more to his latest release, thus un-linking him from the standardised and monotonous fare of his many Irish contemporaries. With his cohesion of folk/country/blues, Yngve displays a musical maturity beyond his years. And yet, despite these changes he manages to retain a familiar air of whimsy and a sense of melancholy throughout. Yngve teams up with the multi-talented Reilly on all tracks bar one. Reilly's voice has a strong presence despite it's softness, and holds some pleasing harmonies with Yngve's. Possibly, the finest vocal pairing since Krauss and Plant began larking about. The title of Middle Child Syndrome sends off alarm bells signalling teen-angst-fest loud and clear. But thankfully, one listen reveals it's quite Tom Waitsy and the tone is one of detachment and observation, rather than self-pity, neatly sidestepping that landmine. Mostly the album plods along on a mellow country/folk thread, albeit with brief bluesy or upbeat interludes. Standout tracks include Build a Spark and the Gondola Song. Tell Men This- recommended. Amanda Kavanagh See Also: Leonard Cohen- New Skin for Old Ceremony, Neil Young- Harvest and Alison Krauss & Robert Plant- Raising Sands.

Road Records Blurb

21 Jan 2009 10:37 AM

the debut full length album from this irish based singer songwriter released through his own label. the album features eleven rather superb country and folk tinged mellow pop songs with hints of traditional bluegrass, early blues and pure old style country music. the album features guest vocals from bennie reilly which gives the album a lovely old style nashville flavour just like when johnny cash and june carter used to do. the album kind of reminds of the modern country sounds of the likes of neko case meets josh ritter. comes in a lovely package featuring carbon neutral and recycled paper."