THE DEAD SOUTH – Confirm Belfast, Ulster Hall Show on 19th February 2020

THE DEAD SOUTH - Confirm Belfast, Ulster Hall Show on 19th February 2020

Following their sold-out show at The Button Factory in January, The Dead South confirm they will return to Dublin in 2020 performing at Vicar Street, 18th February. The band will also perform Ulster Hall, Belfast on 19th February. Tickets on sale this Friday at 10 AM.

Saskatchewan is how it sounds: A province in the prairies of Canada. Double the size of Germany, but with less than one million residents. Lots of nature, and lots of silence. Perhaps lots of time to fill the silence with natural sounds, too.   This is where the quartet The Dead South comes from and fits perfectly within this description. The debut album “Good Company” revealed the four hatted, hairy and bearded fellas, with singer Nate Hilts as a focal point. The album is a perfect fit to the genres Folk, Neo-Folk and Bluegrass-Folk or even alternative Country with refreshing tunes to it. With impact, humour and a kind of bold manner of putting words into sound. The instrumentation stays knowingly pure: guitars, cello, banjo, kick drum, mandolin – building the acoustic fundamentals for full lead vocals and harmonies.

The first album really was a promise that is now fulfilled with the upcoming UK release of the second album titled “Illusion & Doubt”. No doubt the four piece from the prairies has matured, not only because the banjo is now being played by a lady. Harmony changes as well as excellent and virtuosic instrumental parts have been added to their incredible energetic, passionate and sometimes surprisingly catchy melodies. But Hilts and company are far from being tame: “We are definitely closer to the Pogues than to Alison Krauss.  Unfortunately, we do not possess much of the delicate elegance so we try and bring more energy and entertainment to our side. You could say we are a mix of Nu-folk with a few different styles mixed in between. We tend to add elements of classical, punk, rock, alternative, bluegrass, folk and everything in between.”

Tickets on sale Friday 3 May at 10AM

BELFAST TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM 

www.ulsterhall.co.uk

Ulster Hall Box Office (028) 9033 4455

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