This band started following me on Twitter a couple days ago. I checked out their website and streaming audio and I’m intrigued. From what I gather, this is a sort of conglomeration of artists, all out of Ireland, who play together every once in a while. Sort of like the world’s most professional Irish seisún. Several of the musicians come from “the world famous musical dynasty ‘The McPeake Family’” as their website puts it and all have a resume of performances with bands from the Corrs to the Irish Tenors.

Of the four songs available on their website, two are instrumental and two are vocal. The lead singer, Peter Wallace, has a pleasant, raspy tenor and though the lyrics are simplistic, he delivers them with conviction. The two vocal tracks have a light, poppy feel that would be right at home on any pop or perhaps country radio station, but retain a pleasant Celtic flavour.

The group’s real strength is in their instrumentals, both of which have an airiness about them yet stop short of Clannad-style new aginess. It’s here that McPeake’s piper, Francis McPeake IV, really gets to stretch out and shine. His skill on the uilleann pipes (an instrument I once heard described as a cross between a hot water bottle, a bassoon, and a brassiere) provided my primary motivation to check out more of their music and perhaps buy a CD.

Unfortunately, it seems that’s not possible at this time. The store page on their website is empty and a search of iTunes came up empty as well. Were this group to produce a CD (or if they already had), it would be at worst pleasant background music and at best a real showcase for a talented Uilleann piper. I, for one, will admit to being curious.