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Laurie Shaw
TWO music artists make their way to Tralee this Friday night, September 30, for a free gig in ClubHeadBangBang at The Greyhound Bar.
The double header, brought to you by non-faction, features Laurie Shaw and three piece art-punk band Pretty Happy at an event supported by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and Kerry County Council through the Local Live Performance Programming Scheme.
Laurie Shaw is a musician and songwriter who writes and records in a home studio in Kilgarvan. He has crafted over 90 albums since 2010. These albums are mostly of alternative pop, heavily influenced by music of the 60s and 70s such as garage rock, disco and Afro-Beat.
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He has a lyrical style that is distinctly observational and narrative-based, delivered in his own accent and dealing with themes of isolation, life in rural areas, geography and social behaviours.
He has performed around the country with his backing band and worked with the Irish based labels Little L and Sunshine Cult to release cassettes as well as UK label Sunstone Records to
release a double L.P.
His recent records “The Great Southern” and “Bat Sanctuary” are centered around the town of Kenmare and his time growing up there.
Shaw is currently working on an album centred around the supernatural folklore of the county which he hopes to release in early 2023.
Pretty Happy
Pretty Happy is a 3-piece sister-brother-best friend art-punk band from Cork known for intense theatrical live performances, and embracing the idioms and energy of their home city.
In the last six months they opened for Future Islands, Gilla Band, Pillow Queens, The Mary Wallopers, toured the UK with Altered Hour and toured Europe and the UK with Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth, Body/Head), and performed at Primavera Sound, All Together Now and Raw Power in London.
In November they open for Pavement in Dublin. Pretty Happy are diverse artists who enage with theatre, film and visual art.
In June this year they curated QUARE a celebration of queer art in Cork with one-day open-air event in St. Anne’s Park in Shandon for Cork Midsummer Festival.
For their forthcoming debut EP, the trio teamed up with producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy (Lankum, Black Midi) at Hellfire Studios in Dublin. The new material, due for release in late October, will reveal a more expansive textural sound.
You can register for the free gig by clicking on the following link https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/pretty-happy-and-laurie-shaw-clubheadbangbang-tickets-427802598087
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