Mid-90s. Darran McCrann on vocals, Liam Firmager on guitar. Did they have no name for this project? On Soundcloud there are three tracks by this duo under the name Firmager/McCrann. Three tracks recorded between 1994 and 1996.

The songs are quite good. “Around Your Elevations (Tonight)”, “Prescriptions” and “Sydney”. We don’t get much information about them other than the first track was recorded in 1995. But we do get lyrics for all three songs. That’s rare.

The Soundcloud account is Darran’s. It seems he recorded as of late under the name Darn Thorn.

Liam Firmager is the name of a director who has directed a handful of movies, including a documentary for Suzi Quattro called “Suzi Q” from 2019.

I keep searching and I find that in the mid-2000s both of them were living in Melbourne, Australia. They recorded an EP titled “Stars of Stage” in 2005 under the name The Kissingers. Darran would later be in a band called Black Seas.

Question is, where were these three songs recorded by Firmager/McCrann? On Soundcloud it says Darran is now based in Cork.

On Last.fm I could find the name of two other songs that are attributed to this duo, “Take This to Your Grave” and “We’re In this Together”. Sadly these songs are not available to listen anywhere.

Not much information about this project. The three songs are great. You wonder why there were no releases. Now I need to have a good listen to The Kissingers. Maybe I like them too.

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Firmager/McCrann – Sydney