Damien Rice

Damien Rice returns with a collection of songs that, in their swirling ruminations, shed some light on what inspires this somber-yet-cheeky Irish man. Themes like sex, ruined relationships and the struggle to move on haunt these highly charged songs, making them achingly wonderful to hear.

With the strongest indie breakthrough of the last two years, Irish hard folkie Damien Rice
built a tremendous grassroots following around his live show, belying the quiet nature of
his debut, O. The guy rocks, and his songs take on far greater power with the full-band
arrangements that he brought to stages across the country. Little strains of this power
made it out through import CD singles and their B-sides -- his "remix" of "Volcano,"... More >