“ONLY ONCE every 10 years or so does one hear a new band this good, this bursting with ideas, this audibly in love with music... It is beyond stunning. This band is the complete package.”
This judgment on Bowerbirds, the North Carolina ‘nu-folk’ trio, and their debut album Hymns For A Dark Horse (Dead Oceans ), came from the respected critic, Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle, writing recently on his Last Plane to Jakarta website.
Bowerbirds - Phil Moore, Beth Tacular, and Mark Paulson - play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday September 25 at 9pm. At this show they will play songs from Hymns For A Dark Horse, originally released in 2007 but now re-released in an expanded form with two bonus tracks.
The band was originally a duo - guitarist and principal songwriter Moore and accomplished painter Tacular on accordion and percussion. Before recording Hymns For A Dark Horse, Paulson joined the band, adding piano, violin, and percussion.
Moore and Tacular currently reside in an AirStream trailer on the outskirts of Raleigh, North Carolina, on a quiet plot of land that is completely off the grid. This sort of organic, rural, simple way of life is reflected in their music.
