Pugwash Collection Washes Ashore

IRISH ALT-POP FAVES PUGWASH
GET FIRST INTERNATIONAL RELEASE

A Rose in a Garden of Weeds: A Preamble Through the History of Pugwash . . .
collects songs from band’s 1999 origins through the present,
with liners by Fountains of Wayne’s Chris Collingwood.

If you don’t know Pugwash, we have two words: You should.

The Dublin band’s mix of the Beach Boys meets ELO meets XTC has made them favorites in not only their homeland of Ireland, but
across the U.K. Everywhere else, the Pugwash fan base grows as listeners discover the group’s work with contributors like Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory of XTC, Jason Falkner (Jellyfish, TV Eyes), and the Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon, to name but a few.

Pugwash’s albums have thus far only been available outside of North America, and have now slipped out of print! They’ve become sought after collectibles, fetching top dollar in collectors’ circles.

Omnivore Recordings is pleased to remedy Pugwash’s relative Stateside obscurity with the September 23, 2014 release of A Rose in a Garden of Weeds: A Preamble Through the History of Pugwash . . ., a set of 17 tracks drawn from 1999’s Almond Tea as Served By . . . and other releases up through 2011’s The Olympus Sound (which was nominated for the Choice Music Prize, presented to the best album from Ireland). Co-produced by bandleader Thomas Walsh, A Rose in a Garden of Weeds features tracks that define the Pugwash sound.

The CD is housed in a digipak with previously unseen photographs and notes from Fountains of Wayne’s Chris Collingwood, as well as The Section Quartet’s Eric Gorfain (who outlines his experience recording with Pugwash at the legendary Abbey Road Studios on the compilation’s title track.)
Pugwash is booking dates for its first U.S. tour in conjunction with the release, so North American audiences will finally get to experience the band live.

According to Pugwash’s Thomas Walsh, “I Thomas Walsh, and my band of Poughkeepsies, being of Olympus sound body and mind games, is so very very proud and honored to be releasing a career retrospective on the beautiful Omnivore record label. My pride will never wane when people I admire come along and have faith in my songs. They are hatched in a bedsit in Dublin and when they eventually take flight it’s incredible to see where they land. This time around it’s the big one. The land of rock ‘n’ roll and reubens. America we love you. We hope, in time and song, that you’ll love us too.”

A Rose in a Garden of Weeds: A Preamble Through the History of Pugwash . . . will finally allow this magical band to bloom around the world.

Track Listing:
1. Take Me Away
2. Monorail
3. Keep Movin’ On
4. Finer Things in Life
5. Anyone Who Asks
6. Shine On Norvell
Jefferson
7. Two Wrongs
8. A Rose in a Garden of Weeds
9. It’s Nice To Be Nice
10. At the Sea
11. Fall Down
12. Answers on a Postcard
13. Heal Me
14. Here
15. Apples
16. Anchor