Glasgow Folk-Rock quintet Washington Irving have just dropped their brand new video for Holy Company, released yesterday via Instinctive Racoon (Three Blind Wolves, French Wives).
You can watch it here -
Or if you prefer, listen via Soundcloud here –
The track has achieved airplay via Vic Galloway on BBC Radio Scotland, Seattle’s KEXP andAmazing Radio and, having just sold out Glasgow’s Oran Mor as part of Celtic Connections, the band will soon be heading out on the road with Frightened Rabbit on their February UK tour – full dates below.
Washington Irving’s Northern Scottish heritage is readily apparent in their intense, engaging brand of Folk Rock. Taking influence from the likes of Arcade Fire, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Neutral Milk Hotel, their experimentation’s with the genre have led to the creation of a powerful and uplifting sound; frenzied instrumentation serving as a raw and inspired backdrop to beguiling hooks, raucous gang chants, and vocalist Joe Black’s cracking growl and poetic lyrics. The songs themselves tell stories of love, death and madness, in an invigoratingly anthemic manner.
This potent formula has led to support from the likes of Vic Galloway, Ally McCrae and Tom Robinson, as well as performances at T in the Park, Camp Bestival and Hop Farm. Along with the Celtic Connections and Frightened Rabbit shows, 2013 will see the band unleash their first batch of recorded material as a five-piece. It is a year in which their visceral and often fevered live performances are set to instill delight (and quite possibly inebriation) in audiences all over the country, building on their already fervent following.
Full dates:
Feb 8th - Norwich Waterfront w/ Frightened Rabbit
Feb 9th - Birmingham Library w/ Frightened Rabbit
Feb 11th - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms w/ Frightened Rabbit
Feb 12th - Brighton Concorde 2 w/ Frightened Rabbit
Feb 13th - London HMV Forum w/ Frightened Rabbit
Feb 13th - London Bull & Gate
Feb 14th - Cambridge Junction w/ Frightened Rabbit
Feb 16th - Bristol Fleece w/ Frightened Rabbit
Feb 17th - Exeter Phoenix w/ Frightened Rabbit
Feb 18th - Stoke Sugarmill w/ Frightened Rabbit