Debut album from this hotly-tipped Irish singer/songwriter, who records romantic indie songs with a variety of household objects and instruments like cheese graters, wardrobe doors, pianos, harps, brass, strings and an old gramophone. Influences come from artists like Eliott Smith, The Magnetic Fields, Dresden Dolls, early Van Morrison, Vaudeville Theatre and Tom Waits. Needless to say, Duke isn"t a performer easily pigeon-holed. The European critics have fallen in love with this album and with scheduled upcoming tours with name artists, Duke Special is poised to make his leap into the big time, 12 tracks featuring the singles "Last Night I Nearly Died", "Freewheel" and "No Cover Up". V2.