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	CHEAP THRILLS / THRIFTY IRISH POP BAND LEARNS HOW TO FORAGE FOR FOOD IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA
		Deasy recalls the boss being so demanding "that I don't think anyone got past the first day of training.
		Deasy, 25, still appears famished as he sits, rail thin in his Adidas track-suit jacket and Santa Cruz T-shirt, considering the meal he's about to order on his record company's tab.
		Deasy isn't certain of the album's theme yet, but he reveals a few song titles: "Smoke and Mirrors," "Let's Bottle Bohemia" and an aptly dubbed "The Irish Keep Gate-Crashing."
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/25/PKGPG688GR1.DTL&type=printable (791 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Deasy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conor Deasy and Daniel Ryan of the Dublin rock group the Thrills are in the back of an SUV, en route to a pub near San Diego to play a few tunes at a radio...
		Conor Deasy and Daniel Ryan of the Dublin rock group the Thrills are in the back of an SUV, en route to a pub in nearby Carlsbad to play a few tunes at a radio...
		CONOR Deasy and Daniel Ryan of the Dublin rock group the Thrills are in the back of an SUV, en route to a pub in Carlsbad to play a few tunes at a radio...
	nametraq.org /Jan04/D/Deasy.shtml (1231 words)

	the Thrills \| January 23, 2004 @ the Troubadour
		Conor kept the in between song banter to a minimum, but he did say how Los Angeles was one of his favorite cities to play in.
		Conor introduced another new song which was quite sad actually.
		Before ending the night Conor mentioned how they were going to come back to California and record a new album, to be released later on this year.
	www.ambitious-outsiders.com /reviews/thethrills_troubadour.html (677 words)

	Creative Loafing Atlanta
		Part of the problem, Deasy surmises, has been the press's fixation on the time the band spent living on the California coast -- when members were in their late teens, before they had a record contract, and also for eight weeks late last year while recording So Much.
		Deasy doesn't discuss specifics, but he does mention that the band stopped playing together for a year-and-a-half.
		Strangely, despite his eagerness to dispel the perception of the Thrills as a "California band," Deasy doesn't rule out returning to a California studio after they wrap their tour of America.
	atlanta.creativeloafing.com /gyrobase/PrintFriendly?oid=oid:14608 (623 words)

	Dallas Music Guide - The Thrills Austin live review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conor Deasy exudes a lot of confidence while changing poses from a great Julian Casablancas to a dancing Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist.
		If drink is the source of their stature, Conor was drinking Red Bull and the rest of the lot, Daniel Ryan (guitar, bass), Padhraic McMahon (guitar, bass), Kevin Horan (keyboards), and Ben Carrigan (drums) had a whole lot of the opposite.
		As the show goes on, Conor’s vocals slip more and more into the Americana accent featured on “So Much for the City.” This corresponds with his physical relaxation which leads him to really be a frontman standing on monitors leading the crowd in clapping several times, some stomping, jumping, and dancing.
	www.dallasmusicguide.com /live/thrills.htm (756 words)

	SFburning / The Thrills
		I got to talk to the leaders and childhood friends, Conor Deasy and Daniel Ryan, during their stay in New York City.
		Conor: We put out an EP of our old demos that we recorded when we were younger.
		Conor: If we spent a few weeks there, we might have come back with a postcard image.
	www.sfburning.com /the_thrills.html (1632 words)

	c h i c a g o I N N E R V I E W
		Deasy, however, had no intentions of rotting away like the street urchins that prowled the alley behind their practice space off O'Connell Street.
		Deasy and his bandmates became part time musicologists, drinking in the influences of Neil Young, the Band, and Gram Parsons - all whom would inspire the sun-kissed vibe of So Much For the City.
		Deasy's pitch sounds like he's got free access to a nitrous tank while the band backs the singer's brogue-free falsetto with Brian Wilson-style arrangements of piano, harmonica, and banjo.
	www.chicagoinnerview.com /archives/apr04_the_thrills.htm (1509 words)

	clevescene.com \| Music \| L.A. Story \| 2004-05-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One would be hard-pressed to believe Deasy upon hearing his band's debut, So Much for the City.
		And despite their initially low profile in Ireland -- Deasy says the band rarely played gigs there before getting signed and "record[ed] demos late at night in cheap Dublin studios" -- the album is now quadruple platinum there.
		Deasy ran into the enigmatic singer again while working on the Thrills' forthcoming second album.
	www.clevescene.com /Issues/2004-05-05/music/music2.html (1097 words)

	MUSIC: Irish American - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CONOR DEASY: Thrills' singer has been a lifelong neighbour of guitarist Daniel Ryan
		The Thrills story is a classic case of child-hood pals chasing a dream - and having it realised in spectacular fashion.
		Guitarist Daniel Ryan and singer Conor Deasy had been neighbours since birth and, by the age of 15, had hooked up at school with the remaining trio - bassist Padraic McMahon, keyboard player Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan - to form the band.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /lo/extra/7007883.html (914 words)

	The Thrills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Deasy also shows a Davies-like sense of humor in the easygoing chagrin of "Deckchairs and Cigarettes" and the chirpy bite of "Your Love Is Like Las Vegas." He also displays a taste for movie trivia, wondering in song "Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?"
		Deasy kept the between-song patter to a minimum, just "Cheers" and "Thank you" and maybe the title of a song with the odd screamed swear word for no apparent reason.
		Deasy said London had always been a tough gig for the band, and he appeared genuinely pleased by the crowd's noisy appreciation.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/icopyright_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2001286 (427 words)

	The high life \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		The Thrills lead singer, Conor Deasy, spent much of the 30-minute interview telling tales about past experiences and the current tour, showing his Irish storytelling roots.
		Deasy recognizes the craft in Maroon5's music, despite not having the indie street cred.
		Deasy sounds a little worn out through the phone lines and with good reason: Since the band released "So Much for the City," the Thrills has toured constantly and released its sophomore effort without a break.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050505/news_lz1w05thrills.html (1061 words)

	VH1.com : : The Thrills: Ain't That America
		Singer Conor Deasy and guitarist Daniel Ryan started the Dublin outfit when they were 15, but the furthest they’d gotten was kicking around some lousy Led Zeppelin covers.
		Deasy explains the music is “escapist” fare, and their Big Sur and Las Vegas are more places of the imagination than exits off Route 66.
		Conor Deasy: We had been playing for several years, but it had fallen by the wayside.
	www.vh1.com /artists/news/1480426/11142003/thrills_uk_.jhtml (1513 words)

	THE THRILLS So Much For The City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For a band whose name is allegedly inspired by Michael Jackson’s Thriller and has also been known to cover “Billie Jean” in their live act, it comes as a bit of a surprise that their entire repertoire is lifted almost wholesale from the West Coast rock scene of the 60s and 70s.
		Conor Deasy, Kevin Horan, Padriac McMahon, Daniel Ryan and Ben Carrigan, has a serious American fixation if the number of US locales (4) referenced in its song titles is any indication.
		Singer-songwriter Deasy is also quite obviously obsessed with the late great Gram Parsons as his fragile tenor echoes the Americana legend that lived fast and died young.
	powerofpop.tripod.com /thrills_so_much_for_the_city.htm (229 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| ENTERTAINMENT > Irish band captures the California sound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Frontman Conor Deasy says of their creative process, “We started off messing ideas together, in a cool, but uneasy kind of way.” Attaining the sound took time.
		Deasy and his mates formed the band seven years ago, when they were 16.
		tc "Frontman Conor Deasy says of their creative process, “We started off messing ideas together, in a cool, but uneasy kind of way.” Attaining the sound took time.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/jan/13/yehey/enter/20040113ent2.html (2406 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Kingston Guardian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Following a whirlwind three years either on the road or in the recording studio, lead singer Conor Deasy has told his pals to take a break.
		It wasn't planned but the band have decided to take time off to recharge their batteries and bring back a bit of normality to their hectic lives.
		Their sound, Deasy speculates, makes them the perfect choice to headline Ben & Jerry's Sundae, entertaining 5,000 lucky fans from noon-8pm this Sunday.
	www.kingstonguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=620127 (371 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Music: Let's Bottle Bohemia, The Thrills, CD
		Frontman Conor Deasy seems rather preoccupied with the band's success, which provides fodder for songs like the piano-driven roots reclamation "You Can't Fool Friends with Limousines" and the airy "Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?," a cautionary tale about not believing your own hype.
		The songs are concise and melodic, Conor Deasy's voice still breathlessly winds its way into your heart, and the band still sounds tight and wire-sharp as before.
		The band wrote the record while touring and, like many conceived that way, the lyrics are a little forced and uninspired, the subjects not as immediately interesting as the California worship of So Much.
	music.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=724386695321&itm=4 (531 words)

	The Thrills use California as inspiration for new album \| News \| NME.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The band are currently in a Dublin studio working on demos for their third album, though they recently returned to the US West Coast, a massive inspiration for the songs which made up their acclaimed 2003 debut 'So Much for the City'.
		Frontman Conor Deasy told Rolling Stone, "After complaining and yearning, we finally got off the road a few months ago.
		Deasy said of the new songs: "With this record we made ourselves a promise to write the best songs we can.
	www.nme.com /news/21722 (321 words)

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		Conor Deasy will be happy enough if he never again hears adjectives like "sun-kissed" and "dreamy."
		Unprompted, Deasy goes on to say that while it might seem the young band would be intimidated by working with such a studio star, they weren't.
		He says the goal with this record was to "simplify." All this writer had to go on was the first single, a ballad that left said reporter wondering if they define "simplify" differently across the pond.
	www.tucsoncitizen.com /print/calendar/072204ca_thrills (759 words)

	Life & Arts 4 -- The Daily Cougar Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As the opening band for much of the tour, The Thrills are also doing their best to take advantage of the situation, and with the release of their sophomore album, Let's Bottle Bohemia, the band shows just how ready it is.
		While vocalist Conor Deasy's voice can sometimes drift into the realm of a softer side of Black Francis, the Irish quintet is far from a group of Pixies impersonators.
		Deasy's gentle vocals and Kevin Horan's constant piano presence keep the music subtly infectious while keeping fans mellow.
	www.stp.uh.edu /vol70/30/arts/arts4.html (299 words)

	The Thrills - 330 Ritch Street 8_7_03
		The show is also a homecoming of sorts; the guys spent several months during the band’s formative years traipsing around the Bay Area, after a four-month summer stint in San Diego left them enamored with the Golden State.
		Four years later, on stage at San Francisco’s 330 Ritch Street, singer Conor Deasy recalls how the band “used to come here all the time, ‘cause they were the only club that played The Smiths.” It would be enough to make Morrissey, who has since become the band’s mentor, crack a rare smile.
		By the show’s end, the crowd was in the air too, singing along to “Santa Cruz (You’re Not That Far),” while Deasy, in a Santa Cruz T-shirt himself, stomped in time with drummer Ben Carrigan’s rousing chops.
	www.indierockresource.com /livereviews/thrills8_7_03.htm (344 words)

	Washington Square News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fitting, perhaps, because his band's music calls very little attention to the fact that all five members are Dubliners, born and raised.
		The downside of such a consistent debut is that the band has been mildly criticized for aping the West Coast sound a little too much.
		Deasy says the band was inspired by two California residents that have recently found themselves in a bit of hot water: "Thriller is our favorite Michael Jackson album and we love Phil Spector's girl groups, so it's a combination of those two things."
	www.nyunews.com /printcontent.html?fid=6604 (599 words)

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		Maybe Deasy can accept the modest start in the United States because the Thrills have been used to showing patience when it comes to their career.
		Four of the five members of the Thrills ---- Deasy, guitarist Daniel Ryan, drummer Ben Carrigan and keyboardist Kevin Horan ---- first began playing in a band during high school about a decade ago (with singer/guitarist Padraic McMahon joining the fold a short time later).
		But it wasn't until the summer of 1999, when the group decided to travel to San Diego to spend the summer soaking up the California lifestyle, that the group zeroed in on a sound that mixed West Coast country rock of artists such as Neil Young and Gram Parsons with Beach Boys-ish pop.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2004/07/25/entertainment/music/7_21_0413_30_56.prt (861 words)

	The OC Insider -- Your destination for all things O.C.
		The Thrills (Conor Deasy, Ben Carrigan, Daniel Ryan, Padraic McMahon, and Kevin Horan) may hail from Dublin, but they've got the Americana sound down pat.
		The band's debut album, 2003's "So Much for the City," is a sunny homage to California, a place lead singer Conor Deasy says embodies a kind of foreign romance.
		To Deasy and his bandmates, that's exactly what they were: After an aimless five-month holiday traveling up and down California's coast, the Thrills returned to their native Ireland and found themselves dropped from their independent record label.
	www.theocinsider.com /baitshop/bands/thrills.html (626 words)

	::The Thrills:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Deasy, "He got in touch the same day and we met up for drinks.
		Conor Deasy's voice has a sublimley worn quality, lilting around the steel guitars and cracking at just the right moment for maximum poignancy.
		When Deasy laments, 'Well tell me where it all went wrong', on opening track Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far), a honky-tonk guitar creeps in and a stompingly upbeat chorus follows.
	www.freewebs.com /thethrills/articles/q2003.htm (551 words)

	VirginMusic.ca
		With a clutch of new songs penned over the previous year, the band chose to channel their built-up energy into making a new album.
		The band had a wide range of choices in, but ultimately opted to team with L.A.-based producer Dave Sardy, known mainly for his work with such hardcore rockers as Marilyn Manson.
		Throughout the record, The Thrills demonstrate a fearlessness and reach that may well surprise those expecting the band to follow their successful first outing with more of the same.
	www.virginmusic.ca /artist_page.asp?section=bio&artist_id=2810 (1492 words)

	Irish Abroad - Daily Irish News
		Lead singer and lyricist Conor Deasy, guitarist Daniel Ryan, keyboardist Kevin Horan, bassist Padraic McMahon and drummer Ben Carrigan received massive media attention and airplay for both their good looks and 1960s melodies.
		Lead singer Conor Deasy is pleased that they have managed to get the second album out so quickly.
		The band are hoping to record the next album, their third, in Ireland, and they are already moving on to the next set of songs.
	www.irishabroad.com /irishworld/irishamericamag/decjan05/features/thethrills.asp (937 words)

	sfweekly.com \| \| Reviewed \| The Thrills \| 2004-01-21 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Still, regardless of any rays or insight the musicians might have soaked up while they were here, it sounds as if they're ripping off all the British bands that've been trying to sound American for the last four decades.
		Much of the problem is actually Deasy's voice itself, which seems like it was filtered through an American-accent-and-smoker's-cough emulator during the recording process.
		Deasy can warn us all he wants, but the fact of the matter is, if you're looking to hear something mellow, jangly, and properly Californian, pull out an old Beach Boys or Byrds record instead of shelling out for Virgin's latest contrived hatchling.
	www.sfweekly.com /issues/2004-01-21/reviewed.html (539 words)

	UTR - Issue 4
		To give you a brief background, The Thrills hail from Northern Ireland, but sound like they’ve spent too much time sunning themselves on a San Diego beach; and they have.
		UTR London correspondent Jumana Farouky caught by with Deasy when The Thrills were back in California to shoot a video.
		Conor Deasy (C): We're in L.A. at the moment.
	www.undertheradarmag.com /issue4/thrills.html (2147 words)

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