[Beat Surrender]

I notice he seems to steer way clear of mentioning any other Irish artists in interviews (other than Lisa & Little Green Cars & Wyvern Lingo). Someone asked him if he went to Joshua Tree to film the video for From Eden because of U2, and he seemed to take a moment to be careful and then just said "No. Not at all." And explained why they filmed there. But the "No" was very... assertive!

If I were guessing I'd say he feels like Irish rock/folk music didn't heavily influence him or his music so he doesn't really want to spend time focusing on it in interviews.

And then there's my other theory... total conjecture and I have nothing to back it up... but because of the level of "talk" surrounding Lisa ' s exit from Damien ' s band when it happened, I get the impression from my Irish friends that you're either "Team Damo" or "Team Lisa" and few people are on both teams. Not so, obviously, on this board where many people are on both teams.