FRONTMAN of now defunct Limerick band Vest Varro, Damien Drea, will preview tracks from his forthcoming solo album at The Curragower Bar in the city on Friday October 28th before heading over to the UK for a showcase gig at The Windmill in Brixton on October 29th.
Now working under the moniker dREA, the talented singer has just finished recording his eagerly-awaited debut with Giuliano Baglioni who has worked on many projects over the years with legendary U2 producer Daniel Lanois. Due for release next year, dREA has now boldly taken an invigorating about turn away from the anthemic stadium rock bombast of his former outfit Vesta Varro to follow a more adventurous path for his new musical project.
“There’s some dance elements and it’s more instrumental based in places,” dREA enthuses.
“There are some parts which don’t have the typical song structures that I have been used to in the past. There are also a lot of percussive elements, but it’s still very much a band sound,” he reveals.
At the height of dREA’s success with Vesta Varro he toured extensively and constantly across the UK and North America. Following the release of the Limerick band’s 2007 debut album ‘Exit Here’ they were quickly tipped as “ones to watch” by NME and hailed as ‘best band’ at the prestigious ‘Indie Week’ festival in Toronto. Their tracks also appeared on various compilations across the globe in countries such as Australia, Germany and Canada with the local boys also winning an impressive seal of approval from Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook.