Appeared on Sat 09 May 09 @ Festival Marquee | Belfast (The Lowly Knights, DJ’s Gary Lightbody + Tom Simpson (SnowPatrol) & Richard Colburn (Belle + Sebastian) )
What do you get if you cross the melancholy story- telling of Lee Hazlewood, the lyricism of Leonard Cohen and the raw thrust of country, blues and folk? The answer is very likely Sons and Daughters. The band have really hit a creative peak with their third album, the Butler-produced The Gift. Dizzying pop inflections augment their uncompromising sound to create music that combines soaring melodies and tarnished glamour.
Frightened Rabbit are a Scottish band who put a lacklustre, bandwagon-jumping English indie scene to shame. The Midnight Organ Fight is a tremulous, trembling effort of stripped down guitars, shot nerves, existential crisis and a sad, twisted heart. The gentle, brittle My Backwards Walk was surely one of the most devastating songs of 2008. Twisted, tortured and terrific.
The Lowly Knights are surely one of the most talked about bands of 2009. This twelve member ensemble stand apart with a sound that stretches from fragile whispers to grand folk opera.
The Lowly Knights, DJ’s Gary Lightbody + Tom Simpson (SnowPatrol) & Richard Colburn (Belle + Sebastian)
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