One Day International will play the Roisin Dubh on Dominick Street on Thursday 15 January at 9pm.

Having come together through mutual acquaintances, lovers tiffs and the barriered doors of some of Dublin's less than salubrious gin joints, One Day International began performing and writing together in 2007.

A deep and passionate respect for language resonates through each and every track. Words are not wasted, each turn of phrase demands attention.

The subtle temperance and glorious crescendos of the band comes from a hybrid of musical births, with Matt Lunson on vocals, Cormac Curran on piano, Danny Snow on bass, Ross Turner on drums and Eimear O'Grady on cello.

Lunson, a Tasmanian escapee, began life literally tongue tied, travelled the world, settled on Dublin and hasn't looked back. Curran discovered the piano at age four, turned his back on ten years of formal training to play guitar with 'real men' and returned to the ivories with brand new ears when still just eighteen years old.

Snow played bass in a young rock band, dreamt unrequited dreams of stadium stardom and, despite being the nonplussed owner of one singular Jazz album, went on to complete a three year BA in Jazz Performance.

Turner can't remember a time when he wasn't playing or studying music. He is a drummer of vast experience who moonlights with personal appearances on record sleeves and in music videos. O'Grady is a multi talented, multi faceted woman who has performed all genres of music across the world and still manages to find the time to act on stage, when not being doused in fuel and set alight on film sets.

The collected musicianship of the group affords the listener a hoard of minds-eye treasures to call upon. One Day International are a lean, mean song writing team. Having all been involved in music for many years, from live performances and recording processes through to the dirty business of releasing records, One Day International played a modest amount of live dates, then took a step back from the live circuit to spend time making their album Blackbird.

Admission is free.

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