Sugar Club Friday 30th May Doors 8pm Admission 8 euro Keith Moss/Mumblin' Deaf Ro double headliner Support from Michael Knight Late band The Temps @ midnight Mumblin’ Deaf Ro - when he fingerpicks his guitar he sounds like Mississippi John Hurt and the Reverend Gary Davis, and when he sings he is compared to Captain Beefheart and Van Dyke Parkes Keith Moss - sounds like the indie kid that Syd Barrett and Patti Smith should have had Michael Knight – a mixture of Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach PRESS RELEASE (courtesy of Oisin of the Sugar Club) Forget your mud covered, urine stinking festivals. The gig of the year will be taking place right here in The Sugar Club on Friday May 30th. Two of the nation's finest young singer songwriters will be coming together for a night of beautiful acoustica, sharp social commentary, emotionally honest ballads and wit riddled lunacy. I shall present you with a short biog of each artist in very quick bullet point format: M = Mumblin Deaf Ro K = Keith Moss Kn = Michael Knight M - was born in Dublin and when he fingerpicks his guitar he sounds like Mississippi John Hurt and the Reverend Gary Davis, and when he sings he is compared to Captain Beefheart and Van Dyke Parkes. K - was born in Dublin sounds like the indie kid that Syd Barrett and Patti Smith should have had. Kn - hails originally from Limerick, sounds like a mixture of the best bits of Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach That may be all well and good Oisin, but that's your opinion and you're totally biased. What do our respected Music hacks think of of the aforementioned? M "An idiosyncratic gem..... cherish it - ****" The Irish Times "Hilariously skewed and witty"- The Sunday Tribune " A certified grower that in time reveals itself to be both slyly observant and unabashedly romantic" - The Event Guide K " a curious mixture of Bernard Butler and Loudon Wainwright III., he's an instinctive performer and someone to keep a judicious eye out for"- The Irish Times "He's the endearing epicentre of all things eccentric... and utterly mesmerising amalgam of Nick Drake and a stoned Weird Al Jancovic. The songs host a sublime pop sensibility..."- Hot Press Well that's actually quite impressive. Where have they played before and have they have received any merits for their work? M Supports with Stoat, Boa Morte and The Holy Ghost Fathers. Sold out album launch gig at The Lower Deck. Everybody was given a copy of "Senor, My Friend" with ticket price. A most generous gesture. K Winner of 2000's IMRO Unplugged act. Completed Irish tour with the Ruby Sessions and The Bitter End Birthday party @ The Sugar Club. Kn Upcoming suports with El Diablo and the Tycho Brahe, also featured at the Ballroom of Romance Any last words from the boys? M My album was recorded on a Roland VS-880 digital 8 track over a period of a year and a half. The finished product was printed up in a Czech sweatshop and cost about the same as a year's car insurance. The tunes are whistleable and the lyrics are, generally speaking, about the doing of acts and/or the determination of questions. K Now with management, playing with a band so smoking that they fume billowing black plumes, and with the greatest songs this side of Azerbaijan, isn't it time you opened your listening legs to the musical phallus of the man who prompted another scribe from Hot Press to proclaim,"Honest,original and individual, the spirit of'76 lives and breathes through this little known genius." Kn Have begun recording an EP of some sort...so expect a release some time in the summer...will be filled with the usual melodic delights and unexpected harmonic twists I claim to provide... VITAL STATISTICS Double Headliner with Keith Moss and Mumblin Deaf Ro, support from Michael Knight Doors 8pm/Adm.€8 Late band The Temps @ midnight For more info or photos please contact Oisin Davis on 6787188 www.thesugarclub.com