My friend Warren Malone gave me an early birthday present of a day's recording at his friend Brandon Wilde's studio. One blustery winter's day at the end of the year, I took the Coney Island bound F train to Brighton Beach. I sat down. I played guitar and sang. Brandon moved the mics around a bit, pressed record and said several encouraging things. When the day was over we had way too many songs. I put the recordings in the back of my mind. I rang in the new year. I shoveled some snow. I took a lot of trains. I played a lot of gigs. A month or so later, I called up my friend Ryan Langlois. He and Warren came out and graciously sprinkled some of their talents on the original recordings. I put the songs in a box and left them to ferment for the rest of the winter. A couple of more months passed. I called back out to Brandon and I picked a selection of my favourites. Finally, for good measure, a sense of continuity, customer value or just to be odd, myself and Warren recorded a new slower version of 'She Makes Me Want To Be Clean' at his house. And then, I had an album. I hope you like it, Niall Connolly -Brooklyn April 2011