Madra Salach

Between constant gigging with slots supporting Kim Deal and festivals including Electric Picnic, Beyond The Pale and 4 particularly raucous sets (one at 4am) at All Together Now Festival among others, a word of mouth buzz saw feverish crowd responses to songs set to be released over the next few months.

Madra Salach met whilst playing in different outfits on the city's indie scene and bonded over a shared love of the Irish traditional canon which led to them playing impromptu pub sessions.

Taking inspiration from the growing experimental folk scene in Ireland, the group added members, instruments and electronic elements to emerge with their own compositions, which are at the same time strikingly modern and written with a voice that could have emerged at any point throughout the last century.

they release the first of these songs, “Blue & Gold,” which draws on bandleader Paul Banks’ personal reflections on a ritual from his early twenties, a scratch card daydream turned modern alt-folk anthem.

“Blue & Gold” is out now, with more original songs to follow that will sit proudly alongside a thoughtfully curated collection of folk standards.

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