Moriarty announce November UK headline tour
· “…word of mouth has made a phenomena of this Franco-American acoustic quintet.” The Times
· “…evoking an old-school folk-blues outfit who might have played, moonshine-fuelled, in Terrence Malick’s Days Of Heaven, they effortlessly burrow into your consciousness.” Uncut
· “…think early Neil Young meets lo-fi Americana, fronted by a girl named Rosemary with a sweet and strange, thrillingly birdlike folk/blues voice, which has been described plausibly as like Billie Holiday fronting Calexico.” Sunday Telegraph
November
1st LEICESTER - Musician
2nd BRISTOL - Louisiana
3rd LONDON - Dingwalls
5th MANCHESTER - Ruby Lounge
6th NEWCASTLE - Cluny
7th EDINBURGH - Electric Circus
10th LONDON - Union Chapel w/ Andrew Bird
All dates with support from Richard Walters
Critically acclaimed French-American folk roots quintet Moriarty return to the UK in November for their eagerly anticipated debut UK headline tour that includes a London show at Dingwalls. Moriarty have been steadily building a loyal fan base in the UK supporting Son of Dave, Jane Birkin, as well as playing several sold out headline shows in London. In their native France, Moriarty have sold in excess of 125,000 copies of their debut album, ‘Gee Whiz But This Is A Lonesome Town’, on cool independent label Naive.
Moriarty are Rosemary Moriarty (singer, xylophone, thumb piano, spoons, tambourine, scotch-tape trumpet), Arthur Moriarty (acoustic guitars, drum-suitcase, piano), Zim Moriarty (double-bass, acoustic guitar, music box, suitcase drums), Thomas Moriarty (chromatic and diatonic harmonicas, kazoo, drilling machines, jew's harp) & Charles Moriarty (electric and resonator guitars). Moriarty also play with Vincent Talpaert Moriarty (drums/double bass) & Eric Tafani Dubessay Moriarty (drums).
Dressing like prohibition outlaws, their beguiling theatrical performances float between folk, country, blues and cabaret, set somewhere around Dallas in the 1930's, the Russian Taiga and Paris. An infectious melody is carried by the luminous and unique vocals of Rosemary, supported by unsettling lyrics and oozing train-like beats. Formed in Paris at the turn of the century, the five musicians write songs like novels or short movies. With identities split between America and Europe they are guided by the surreal, believing in an animist fashion that some objects have a soul: a squeaking floorboard, a hotel bell, the rhythm produced when battering a well-travelled suitcase, a taxicab dispatch microphone, a whisk and other chance findings crawl into their songs. Do not miss this unique and creative band when they play the following dates:
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