The Wormholes: After delays and tragedy, Irish band release album 27 years later
The Wormholes.
Parijuana, the second album by Dublin’s The Wormholes was originally shelved after it was recorded in 1996. Now 27 years later it’s finally getting a deserved release. The Ringsend three-piece comprised twins Dave (drums and vocals) and Anto Carroll (bass guitar), and childhood friend Graham Blackmore (guitar and vocals). Dave suffered a stroke, was diagnosed with cancer and died three months later on June 4, 2019. He was 49.
Chicks Dig Scars, the band’s 1994 debut, was put out on Dublin’s independent Dead Elvis Records, set up by Eamonn and Óg Crudden, Marc Carolan and Eamonn Doyle. The label released a number of highly regarded albums, some of which were produced by Carolan and recorded at the label’s own Fuse studio in the basement of a building on Dublin’s Parnell St. A CD-Rom manufacturing company pressed these albums on CD and they were sold at an affordable £5 - a game changer for the Irish indie music community.
