Cork s Greatest Records: Cypress Mine s Exit Trashtown and its early DIY attitude
B-Side The Leeside: In 1987, the ambitious indie outfit decided to take matters into their own hands and release an album, albeit with the help of a manager who d go on to find fame himself in a totally different field
Cypress Mine: Ian Olney, Mark Healy, Ciarán Ó Tuama, Denis O Mullane (Skoda). Picture: Jim McCarthy
Thu, 25 Feb, 2021 - 08:30
Ellie O’Byrne
When a young band scrapes together the money to record a self-released debut album against the stultifying background of a small city in the throes of a recession, they might hope the album will be their one-way ticket out of town. When they call that album Exit Trashtown, it might seem like they’re raising two fingers to their beleaguered hometown on their way off to better things.