I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.
James Vincent McMorrowI never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
James Vincent McMorrowWhen I started out making music I thought it was about thrills and adding layers, but I realized I want to focus on saying the most with the least.
James Vincent McMorrowI really wanted to get that dynamic on the record onto people and let them know it wasn't just a simple strumming along the guitar type of thing without ramming it down their throats so I kind of went the opposite way and sang some of the songs more quietly which allowed for the louder parts to sound as though there were more. It was the only way singing those songs made sense to me.
James Vincent McMorrow