Track Listing: 1. Ease Up On Me Dear 2. Coalmines 3. Charming Hands 4. Easy Talk 5. Everywhere Out There 6. Brilliant Tease 7. Not Yours 8. This Love 9. Appletinies 10. The K.V.T.Song (Killeen's Village Tavern) 11. Starstruck. Click on underlined titles to see Louise perform them on You Tube, great stuff!

We are delighted to announce our release of this brilliant CD.

Louise Killeen
Brilliant Tease
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Louise Killeen is a singer-songwriter from Shannonbridge, Co Offaly. Having first caught the public's eye with her weekly appearances on RTF's You're a Star in 2005, Louise quickly gained a reputation as a talented songwriter with something different to offer. Now it's finally here, the album you didn't know you'd been waiting for. Bold, fresh, adventurous and chock-full of laid-bare lyrics, Louise Killeen's Brilliant Tease is just the tonic for bored ears. Unflinchingly honest about herself in a way so many yellow pack songwriters aren't, Louise Killeen is surely a voice for her generation.

This is music to make you sit up and listen, music to tickle your taste buds, music to reaffirm your belief in the artistry of great songwriters. You might even call it music to watch girls by.
A truly unique artist, Louise Killeen has torn up the rule book with "Brilliant Tease". Her collection of first-class songs is a refreshing mix of intimacy and quirky fun.

Hailing from a small town in the Midlands of Ireland, Louise Killeen has managed to stamp her identity and roots all over her work while still resonating with audiences everywhere.
It's difficult to nail down this magic genre. Suffice to say, if folk music and pop music got together and produced a love child, they'd have named it Brilliant Tease.

Laid-back with the air of a seasoned journeywoman who has served her apprenticeship, Louise Killeen's influences include icons such as James Taylor and Simon & Garfunkel.
But make no mistake; Brilliant Tease is no homage to anything that has gone before, ploughing her own furrow it's bright and ballsy, and the best thing you'll hear in 2012.

With two prestigious song-writing contest victories in the bag, Louise Killeen has already proven that her cutting-edge brand is one that strikes a chord and Brilliant Tease is surely her coming-of-age album, not a minute too soon for talent-starved music lovers everywhere.

So take note, a new talent is about to be unleashed on the world and it's utterly addictive.

"Louise has a unique style and sings her own original material with a very melodic and a great voice." - Mary Black

"Louise Killeen is a unique Irish woman. She has a unique story to tell. On Brilliant Tease she tells her story with great honesty, great songs and a sweet production. It is more brilliant than tease, because it delivers." - Luka Bloom

"It seems like only yesterday that Louise came to me for her first guitar lesson. It's great to see how much someone from my own village has achieved musically. She's one of a kind." -
Daithi Rua

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Produced by Ciaran Byrne & Bill Shanley, in the Cauldron Studio, Dublin. Engineered and mastered by Ciaran Byrne.
Guitars: Bill Shanley & Louise Killeen
Drums & Percussion: Danny Byrt
Piano, Hammond organ, Rhodes, Wurlitzer: Justin Carroll
Electric & Double Bass: James Blennerhassett
Brass & Strings: Gavin Murphy
Right hand man: Michael Manning
Thanks for all the hard work guys.

All tracks written by Louise Killeen

Gig Guide

Sat Feb 18th Whelans, Wexford Street, Dublin 2 support to Dayna Cooper

Press Reviews



Folk Words Web Site (February 13, 2012)

'Brilliant Tease' - accomplished song writing from Louise Killeen
Absorb these songs as they wash over you. Relax while they pull you into the warm velvet Louise Killeenembrace of pure, ecstatic, accomplished song writing. That’s what’s the tempting embrace of ‘Brilliant Tease’ from Louise Killeen offers the listener. There’s deep emotion, brutal honesty, eternal sanguinity and enthralling narrative encased in these alluring songs. Each one will haul you into Louise’s worldview of life and you’re hooked.

From the instinctive, primeval emotion of ‘Ease up on me dear’ to the inspired, penetrating lyrics of ‘Coalmines’ – “And we’ve been down, down together in the coal mines, Black from the lies that we let in” – Louise demonstrates her lyrical skill. There’s a bouncy, energetic feel to ‘Easy Talk’, which again cuts a clear path with its incisive lyric, while ‘Everywhere out there’ displays a more wide ranging and sweeping style, the words still remain as sharp as ever. The eponymous ‘Brilliant Tease’ is another outing for Louise’s expressive wordsmith quality (it prompted multiple hits on the ‘replay’ button) well worth listening to again and again. The killer track, exceptional for its ability to reflect poignant distress ‘This Love’ exposes a palpable sadness – beware this song is melancholy in physical form.

Joining Louise (guitar) on ‘Brilliant Tease’ are Bill Shanley (guitar) Danny Byrt (drums, percussion) Justin Carroll (piano, Hammond organ, Rhodes, Wurlitzer) James Blennerhasset (electric and double bass) and Gavin Murphy (brass, strings).

There’s sadness, love, optimism, reflection and resilience wrapped around Louise’s songs. Nothing added that’s not required and nothing removed to reduce the passion. This album has the wings to fly – just watch it soar. You will find 'Brilliant Tease' on Louise’s web site or Reverbnation. Tim Carroll


The Irish Post 18.02.12
LOUISE KILLEEN is a singer/songwriter from the small town of Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly and Brilliant Tease is her terrific debut album. It is easy to see why she has won two prestigious
song-writing contests.

And in a business that can appear sometimes to be awash with mediocre singer/songwriters Louise's
wonderful refreshing lyrics and catchy melodies stand out like a beacon.

Her influences are cited as artists such as James Taylor and Simon and Garfunkel and she has developed that classy easy but powerful vocal delivery that makes you listen to the words.

Growing up as a gay woman in a small Irish town, Louise is totally honest about her sexuality and her album is full of laid-bare lyrics that can alternate between fun and intimacy but always set to strong melody tastefully played by an excellent bunch of musicians. Recorded in Dublin and produced by Ciaran Byrne and Bill Shanley this is an album that will delight her existing fans but should also, if there is any justice, help establish her as a major artist.

Some tracks are already becoming radio favourites but my own personal choice would be Coalmines. This track has a gorgeous feel and is just a beautiful song of any genre. . Joe Giltrap

Fatea Web Site
"Brilliant Tease" is the new album by Irish singer/songwriter Louise Killeen. Louise is well-known in Ireland, having appeared regularly on RTE's "You're A Star " programme. She has also won two national songwriting competitions and her talent is obvious from the songs on this album.

She pulls no punches in her lyrics. In the opening song "Ease Up On Me" she deals candidly with her sexuality which "Created such a scandal that my parents couldn't handle " in her "One track town " where "Johnny's out of luck, I've started checking out his sister".

The majority of the songs are catchy, radio-friendly numbers. The lyrics are witty and interesting. "Charming Hands" for example, contains the immortal line " If you'll risk it for a biscuit, so will I ". "Easy Talk" has a reggae-ish backbeat and a catchy infectious chorus . The backing band play tastefully and understatedly, with some nice organ ,acoustic and electric guitar work.

Not all the songs are up-tempo. "Everywhere Out There" is a slow ballad which builds slowly to a string -enhanced ending and "Not Yours" is an emotional break-up song, with obviously heartfelt lyrics. The album closes with a humorous vignette about life at the local pub "KVT Song (Killeen's Village Tavern)".

It is clear that Louise Killeen is a talented songwriter who is not afraid to take risks with her lyrics. This is an extremely listenable album. If I had to make one minor criticism, I would say that the musical setting for her songs is, perhaps, a little too polite and restrained. Peter Cowley


RADIO WDCB Chicago
Louise Killeen has a wonderful voice. It is warm and immediately accessible. Open. Honest. What a wonderful talent! This is a major star in the making and we want to follow this young lady closely. Wow!


Frankobserver

LOUISE KILLEEN AND SUCH A BRILLIANT TEASE

Louise Killen hits the right note! Rarely but from time to time, a CD lands on my desk that isn’t resigned to the “coffee mat” or coaster application.
I received such a CD from Louise Killeen. She was new to me but as always, I played it, expecting the usual mix of mediocrity which seems to be acceptable nowadays and sadly has become the norm. It dominates much of our viewing and listening.

However, the first track “Ease Up On Me Dear” went by and I thought “not bad at all. I’m going to listen to more.” By the time I reached track 3 – which I thought was called “risk it for a biscuit” but that turned out to have the improved title of “Charming Hands”, I was beginning to get hooked. I played it twice more before I continued with the rest of the tracks.

Louise is from County Offaly in Southern Ireland and she is awfully good! Most of the tracks are outrageously catchy and everyone will have a particular favorite. “Our Katie”, “This Love”, “Everywhere Out There”, “Easy Talk” – they grew on me like a beard on Santa Claus.

Brilliant Tease is not perhaps the best produced album ever but most of the arrangements are very good and classy. The lyrics are exceptional and it has the “feel good factor”. Although there is some melancholy sadness in some of the words, the mood is always optimistic and the album left me feeling a bit better with the world. And anything that can do that in these miserable times has to be a positive.

I understand Louise Killeen has won a couple of songwriting competitions and I’m not surprised. She is a wonderful talent. I have not had the privilege of seeing Louise play live but that day hopefully won’t be far away. Every radio station should be playing her material, especially the incredibly radio friendly “Charming Hands” which stands up against anything else out there.
If you get a chance, listen to the “BRILLIANT TEASE” and sit back and bathe in the talent of Louise Killeen.