Rusted Rail and Slow Loris are proud to announce the release of "The Same Figure (Leaving)" by Irish avant-folk project The Driftwood Manor. Recorded between October 2008 and May of 2009, The album took in a considerable cast of long-time collaborators, with Driftwood Manor lynchpin Eddie Keenan working closely with friends from across the spectrum of the Irish folk and underground scene. United Bible Studies students Gavin Prior, David Colohan and Vicky Langan all added their talents with Prior in particular working closely with Keenan and co-Producer Steve Fanagan to help shape the sound of the album. Initially released as a limited edition cdr on French label Ruralfaune in March of 2010, The Driftwood Manor have crafted their own brand of warm and earthy music which weaves strands of apocalyptic appalachia, psychedelic folk and Irish trad into a rich sonic tapestry. This CD is housed in a hand-assembled and hand-stamped recycled card sleeve, bound with twine.

Click here for the lyrics.

Also Available: Rusted Rail is proud to announce the release of the "Holy Ghost" EP by the Irish avant-folk project The Driftwood Manor. For this six- track extended player The Driftwood Manor (based around lynchpin Eddie Keenan) have crafted their own brand of apocalyptic appalachia. For "Holy Ghost", Keenan worked with a number of long-time collaborators including co-producer Steve Fanagan to create an EP which takes on his fascination with the darker side of American folk and its relation to Irish traditional music. Although initially intended to be an incredibly stark record with little instrumentation, the songs took on new layers of skin over the course of the winter months during which it was recorded. After adding a plethora of instruments in Steve Fanagan's home studio, Keenan called in Bean Dolan (of Resurrection Fern), Fiddle player Neil Fitzgibbon and vocalist Anne Marie Hynes to add their own touch to proceedings. This 3" EP is housed in a hand-assembled and hand-stamped card sleeve, featuring a cover shot by labelmate Yawning Chasm

Click here for the Holy Ghost EP lyrics.

The Driftwood Manor
"The Same Figure (Leaving)"

  1. A coat against the winter
  2. You have mapped the pathways
  3. Words caught in ruins
  4. Each day has bettered me none
  5. On a corner of Athlone
  6. That lasting final hurt
  7. Blackbirds are screaming
  8. To be done
  9. The same figure (leaving)

 "Holy Ghost" EP

  1. After The Fall
  2. Bury Me Alive
  3. Gone Devil
  4. I Would Lose You Still
  5. Mountains Slowly Collapsing
  6. The Devil is My Brother