The Impending Adorations

25 years later... 'The Prayer Engine'

This is the sound of a young singer finding his voice. Compared to the year before its almost some kind of Robert Johnson-esque re-invention. In reality it's the natural progress of working through that initial recording process where you allow politeness to contain your true spirit. You can hear here I am very much off the leash. It had been a long time coming. Counting the days, biding my time, writing and writing and writing. And singing and singing and singing; building that muscle - meeting the band I knew I was writing for and my massive respect for them as musicians and friends. I knew they were good but I wanted to provide repertoire that would make the alliance great. These are essentially live tracks recorded directly to an 8 track reel to reel - no auto pitch, beat detective blah blah blah. It was truly a magical experience in reflection. I don't know why it's taken so long to allow these songs to exist in the digital realm. Maybe it's because they existed on the cusp of that. Maybe it's because I wanted the lost album. The final chorus of Scars tells you that we believed in nothing but the moment we were playing. I can say it's a great album because I'm listening to the work of Tarek, Fraser and Peter. Lightning in a bottle. Maybe moody Dunedin sunsets. All these years later I can listen objectively and hear the sheer passion at play here.I find it inspiring and thank my younger self for giving me a kick up the proverbial.

This album gave me friendships and musical champions I am still privileged to enjoy to this day (I see you Temple-rs). It captures a time.

This was also a community effort. The logos inside the lyric sheet are the various Dunedin businesses that donated ACTUAl $$ to enable us to record the record. Gwillam from Ruby In The Dust gave us the space to record. Stephen Kilroy dropped over 2 U47 Neumanns and 5 Seinheissers in 3 supermarket plastic bags!

Last and certainly not least, this album is so very much Tarek's. He made it happen, he engineered it and his musicianship sings through every moment of it. Listening back to it all of these years later it's astonishing how hi-fi it is considering we were swimming in the deep-end ok recording knowledge; compression? True creativity is always waiting for you out in the deep-end.

The Prayer Engine, by Paul McLaney & The Avalanche Trio 10 track album

Opening track from ‘An Arrow Made of Air’ - this one’s inspired about the origin myth of Stonehenge. The Giant’s Dance.

Geoffrey of Monmouth described it as a megalithic stone circle, whose stones were used to build the neolithic Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in England.

According to Geoffrey, the wizard Merlin disassembled a circle at Mount Killaraus in Ireland and had men drag the stones to Wiltshire, and had giants assemble Stonehenge.

'The Giant's Dance' - An Arrow Made Of Air From the self titled album

A video from ‘An Arrow Made of Air’ the album Oscar West and I released earlier this year. The songs and music are inspired by Amy Jeff’s ‘STORY LAND, A New Mythology of Britain’ - a beautiful book.

The footage is from ’The Exodus’ performed by The Mary Wigman School of Dance.

'A Deeper Poetry' - An Arrow Made Of Air From the self titled albumFootage: The Mary Wigman School of Dance: Final scene from the dance drama "The Exodus"

Happy release day. It was an absolute privilege and an artistic high water mark for me to collaborate with the creative force that is Proteins Of Magic on this song. It started in Wellington when I got stranded there at the beginning of the recent lockdown. Lots of time to consider things. This song is a meditation really. Many of us are currently separated from loved ones but we hold them in our hearts and minds as they in turn hold us. Time and space are irrelevant in that embrace.

The Impending Adorations - 'The Ties That Bind Us' featuring Proteins of Magic A collaboration between The Impending Adorations and Proteins of Magic.Video by Proteins of Magic

Lockdown has taken some things away but it has also opened up some new spaces. On Monday October 4, Proteins Of Magic and I will be releasing our first collaboration 'The Ties That Bind Us' - a meditation on separation. The video Kelly has created is sublime. Please keep an ear and an eye out for it x

A new song for your consideration. Lots of crazy going on in the minds of many. Look after your friends who may be slipping down the rabbit hole -theories

The Great Awakening, by The Impending Adorations track by The Impending Adorations

Lift Our Game

New song...

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PLAY ON - THE ALBUM | Boosted

Thanks to everyone who has supported this project to date. On the home stretch now - 80% of the target raised and 15 hours to go on the campaign. Extremely humbled by all of your support. can't wait to bring this album to you all. Link is here: http://www.boosted.org.nz/playon

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The Impending Adorations: Spectator e.p.

Kind words on the last e.p.

offthetracks.co.nz April 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman The Impending Adorations: Spectator e.p. The Impending Adorations Spectator e.p. Paul McLaney Paul McLaney had his concept and set about nailing it – in a year he released the first three Impending Adorations album, Gestalt, Intentions, Further and then he hit a wall…

95bFM - bCasts by 95bFM on iTunes

Had a wee chat over at bfm about the new album - https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/long-player-long-player-05/id250389196?i=358678927&mt=2

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The Impending Adorations: Threshold

offthetracks.co.nz October 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman The Impending Adorations: Threshold The Impending Adorations Threshold Paul McLaney Three years ago Paul McLaney’s Impending Adorations moniker had released Further, the third album inside a year (the previous two being Gestalt and Intentions) and the wise assumpti…

Bertrand Russell's Message to the Future

youtube.com BBC Face-to-Face 1959 Bertrand Russell (18 May 1872 -- 2 February 1970) One last question: Suppose, Lord Russell, that this film will be looked at by our des...

Listen to By What Right? by The Impending Adorations, Rhian Sheehan on BABOOM and get access to...

baboom.com By What Right? by The Impending Adorations, Rhian Sheehan - Released on October 01, 2015. Listen to and download more music by The Impending Adorations, Rhian Sheehan on BABOOM.

Radioactive.fm Top 11

Dreamers coming true

The RadioActive.fm Top 11 : 30/09/15

01. Roots Manuva - One Thing
02. The Impending Adorations (NZ) - Dreamers
03. SACHA VEE (NZ) - Rising One
04. Olmecha Supreme (NZ) - Like That
05. Chelsea Jade (NZ) - Low Brow
06. Estère NZ) - Reptilian Journey (Jordan Rakei remix)
07. Faze Miyake - Ice Cold ft Inga Copeland
08. Hunter (NZ) - Still
09. Chris William (NZ) - Not the Same
10. LIPS (NZ) - Traces of Teddy
11. U.S. Girls - Window Shades

HIT PICK !!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Freedom ! 15"

ARCHIVE TOP #11 Selection - #1 September 28th 2011 urbantramper (NZ) - Kate Bush Saved My Life (Home Alone)