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Upcoming shows: Rachael Lavelle... Euros Childs... Romeo Stodart & Ren Harvieu... Roddy Woomble... Mikey Kenney... Blue Bendy... John Francis Flynn... Old Sea Brigade... Coruja Jones... Good News... Myriam Gendron... Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra... Tropical Fuck Storm... Kris Drever... Erland Cooper... Pokey LaFarge... Admiral Fallow... Skinny Lister... New Starts... The Sheepdogs... The Dead Tongues... Svaneborg Kardyb... Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres + James Heather... The Unthanks in Winter... Jim Moray... Josh Rouse... Emily Barker... Gratis: Sophie Jamieson... Dustin O’Halloran... Chuck Prophet... The Ocelots... Sean Rowe... The Weather Station... Beans on Toast... Martin Kohlstedt... Nadia Reid... Danny & the Champions of the World... The Delines... Chris Brain... Heather Nova... Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble...

When: 7pm on Thursday 5 April 2018
Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF

We’re delighted to be promoting South Island Son’s biggest headline show to date – with special guests The Travelling Band!

Setting up home in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, the South Island Son boys have had a busy nine months in office. Since their debut sell out gig, the band have been busy picking up airplay on BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing, and touring in France following their single Down The Slopes as well as cropping up at festivals during the summer.

Melding the finest in folk-rock and the sunshine the North West never sees, once described as ‘Fleet Foxes on holiday’, the quartet are for fans of big shirts and Docs.

Slipping Away, their debut label release for Sideways Saloon Recording Company, sees the group embrace their love of short, well-crafted pop songs – to be filed next to Whitney, Homeshake and Girl Ray.

Special guests are The Travelling Band. The band released their fourth album, Sails, last summer after two years quietly honing what Marc Riley described as ‘Mancunian Americana’. Meanwhile, they set up their own studio, Pinhole Sounds, and have been releasing music by the likes of A. Dyjecinski, Elle Mary & the Band Men and South Island Son, all on their Sideways Saloon Recording Company label. They’ll be playing a special acoustic set at this show with their new labelmates South Island Son.

‘Americana with Mancunian grit… reminiscent of early Band Of Horses or even My Morning Jacket’s ventures into the deep South’ – Clash

Buy tickets now. Tickets are available from the bar (no booking fee), Vinyl Exchange, WeGotTickets.comTicketline.co.uk and on 0871 220 0260.

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