Additional keyboards by John Leighton Brothers Denny and Dermot Doherty formed their first band in their teens, moving from Ballyliffin to London to Boston, performing covers and original music.
They spent a year in Minnesota recording a never-released album after a scout for a US label saw them at London’s Barfly.
[specify] Returning to Ballyliffin, the brothers formed The Plea [1] with drummer Gerry Strawbridge and bassist Paul Toland, and began posting original material to MySpace.
[2] The band have been working with producer Chris Potter (U2, Blur, The Verve, The Rolling Stones), the first track entitled "Praise Be" [3] from those sessions has been uploaded to the Planet Function SoundCloud account.
[2] R&S Records are better known for signing such acts as Aphex Twin, Joey Beltram, and System 7, but Dermot describes the band's decision to sign with R&S as a combination of finding shared interests with the producers and "they had so much faith in us.