Pinkie McClure & John Wills, and Agitated Radio Pilot, Irish tour Dublin: Fri 6th May Pinkie Maclure & John Wills, Agitated Radio Pilot, Miriam Ingram, Toirse (acoustic set) 6 May 2005 (Friday). The Boom Boom Room, Conways, Parnell St Dublin. Doors 9pm, 6 Euro. Limerick: Sat 7 May Pinkie Maclure & John Wills, Agitated Radio Pilot, 7 May 2005 (Saturday). Riddlers Bar, Sarsfield St, Limerick, Doors 5 Euro. Galway Sunday 8 May Pinkie Maclure & John Wills, Agitated Radio Pilot, Sunmonster, Piratio 8 May 2005 (Sunday). Richardsons, Eyre Square, Galway Doors 8pm, 6 Euro. www.pinkiemaclure.co.uk MP3's this way: http://www.pinkiemaclure.co.uk/music.htm Pinkie and John are from Glasgow and have a new album out called "Cat's Cradle" here's some Press about them... THE WIRE magazine "There's a timeless feel to Cat's Cradle, in terms of mood, sonics and the repetative quality of the verse structures. "Slowly, Slowly The Water Flows" is typical, with its combination of Wills' percussion, plangent acoustic guitar and lyre, and Maclure's miniature concertina and bells. Their instrumental sound twinkles with light casting the shadows in which Maclure's gasps, exhalations and vocal melismas can be found. Once the drummer in Loop, Wills was also a multi-instrumentalist in The Hair And Skin Trading Company, while Maclure is no stranger to torch songs and avant cabaret styles. But the bluesy grounding of her extraordinary voice keeps it free from histrionics, sliding effortlessly from a sensual throatiness up to its higher register. This is demonstrated on the title track, on which Wills' drums mark out time with a ritual severity. Cat's Cradle is the product of a potent musical chemistry. "Good Luck Look Upon You" is built on the sort of steady toiling figures that evoke Mazzy Star's "So Tonight That I Might See", with Wills' E-bow guitar drones looming out of the background. The mood is largely contemplative throughout but it all opens up beautifully on "Over And Over And Over", Maclure's lyrics are filled with elemental images, but are often inward looking, tapping into feelings of sorrow or disquiet. Here the song's melancholy is lifted by sights of marine horizons and the space above, into which her voice gracefully soars. 'a weird and wonderful flight of fancy to a seductively mysterious destination' Sharon'O Connell Time Out 'Maybe the best/most promising recent UK psychfolk duo/group I know of.' Gerald.Van.Waes Psychedelic Folk & Acid Folk 'Pinkie's staggering voice - soaring above a claustrophobic backing on 'The Long Way Round' and hovering above John's weave of eerie noises on closing epic 'Lay Down Your Arms''. 4/5 Stuart McHugh, The List Marie Claire From 'Memorial Crossing' album: 'The Scottish songstress with the disarmingly beautiful voice - a kind of anglophone Juliette Gr¨¦co -- is back with this superb set. But Maclure's songwriting style is redolent with folk and jazz, as well as industrial harshness. John Wills' eerie production and covers of songs by David Lynch and Tom Waits let you know she is in touch with her dark side, and on tracks such as Frozen in Sleep she positively bewitches with her haunting sincerity. Maclure has light and shade in her voice and manages to tell a story without resorting to theatrical cheapshots. Kevin Le Gendre __________________ www.desertedvillage.com