This isnt the only press release were putting out for Keeleys second album, Beautiful Mysterious, but this ones from an entirely subjective position. Around the release of Keeleys debut, Floating Above Everything Else, there was a flurry of press which seemingly continued unabated for months and – to our mystification – seemed to offer no clues as to what, exactly, was going on with this artist or how or why any of it mattered. That albums label, Dimple Discs, has a roster of predominately Irish (and generally excellent) artists; I suppose in some unconscious way we wrote it off as “I suppose youve got to be Irish to get it”. And then we were solicited Keeleys next album. Well, boy were we wrong! KEELEY is a band led by Keeley Moss, with musicians Lukey Foxtrot and Andrew Paresi, although its a tight-knight group who propel the project and it makes no sense not to mention manager Nick Clift and studio genius Alan Maguire, who are also intrinsic members of this outfit. Theres a conceit behind the bands work. Every song in the bands full repertoire shares a single subject – Inga Maria Hauser, a teenaged German backpacker found brutally assaulted and dead in a remote part of Irelands Ballypatrick Forest in 1988. Mosss personal interest in the case caused her to create a blog, The Keeley Chronicles, which has reported on the case so doggedly that its now viewed as the crucial source of public information on the case. And theres more to that story, of course. But our point is this: Beautiful Mysterious is that rarest of all jewels, the instant classic. Imagine going back in time to when you heard Fear Of Music, Colossal Youth or Forever Changes for the very first time, knowing what each would mean to you many years later. Don’t miss that chance with Keeley’s incredible Beautiful Mysterious. Well, heres your chance. Tracks: 1 A Doorway To Another World 2 Trans-Europe 18 3 Inga Marias Dream 4 Days In A Daze 5 Last Words 6 Galloway Princess 7 Inga Hauser 8 Forever Froze 9 Scratches On Your Face 10 Waves Of 1988 11 You Were The Beauty.
