An avid fan of music from his youth, flinders finds his musical influence in the sumptuous sounds of Elbow, the acoustic-guitar based music of Elliot Smith, German artists such as Lali Puna and The Notwist as well as the all-conquering Radiohead. Each source of inspiration has helped enormously in the development of flinders as he attempts to balance the use of technology, distortion and melody.

Having conceived the idea of flinders, he teamed up with producer and former “Wilde Oscar” Les Keye to record “The Ground Floor E.P” over four days in 2007. This recording incorporated a mix of rock and electro beats over looped vocals, creating an entirely fresh sounding style of music. The E.P was self-released in 2007.

“See Saw Still”, his debut album was recorded by Les Keye in Dublin over the summer of 2008. The album was mastered by Liam Grant and was released in September 2008. The album garnered a number of favorable reviews and was well received generally.

Flinders has received much critical praise in both Ireland and abroad, receiving airplay on both independent and national airwaves, the BBC and American Radio. He has also recorded a live session for 2FM and played support to the “The Young Knives”.

His new album “As soon as it ever stops”, which is formally released on the 24th May 2012, marks a departure from the original style of the first two albums and explores a more melancholy tone. Again recorded by Les Keye and mastered by Liam Grant, it is more of an ensemble effort with songwriting credits shared between Iain O’Farrell, Les Keye and Philip Flynn.

The lead single from the album “At Swim” sees flinders delving into darker areas of music and lyric, with interesting and surprising results.

“As soon as it ever stops”, “See Saw Still” and “The Ground Floor E.P” are all available to download from the shop section of this website and worldwide from all good online digital stores.