PRESS

 

“Divine harmonies…Orchestral folk at its very finest.” ***** Time Out

“The best music I heard at Latitude was by the Moulettes”  -The Independent

“Frontrunners of the new British acoustic scene thanks to their sophisticated, unpredictable approach” **** Robin Denselow, The Guardian

“Welcome to the world of prog folk… Moulettes are among the current leading UK practitioners of the sub-genre. They are like a cross between Pentangle and the Kronos Quartet, by way of Kate Bush and early Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett.” – Reuters.

Praise for ‘The Bears Revenge” : 

“This is what a modern folk album should sound like.” **** London Evening Standard

“…songwriting of rare depth and inventiveness, this is a mature, often inspired album.” **** Songlines

“This delicious music is played with acoustic virtuosity…Complex and beautiful…Intriguing and unique”  **** MOJO

 

SHOWS

19/04/14

NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT

QUAY ARTS

				UK
TIME: 7:00PM. ADMISSION: £10; £12 ON DOOR. AGE RESTRICTIONS: ALL AGES. BOX OFFICE: 01983822490. ADDRESS: 15 SEA STREET. DATE: 19/4/14 – VENUE: QUAY ARTS, NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT – WWW.QUAYARTS.ORG – BOX OFFICE 01983822490 BUY TICKETS

22/04/14

CAMBRIDGE

JUNCTION

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. ADMISSION: £9.50. AGE RESTRICTIONS: ALL AGES. BUY TICKETS

23/04/14

BRIDPORT

THE ELECTRIC PALACE

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. ADMISSION: £9.50. BUY TICKETS

24/04/14

BRIGHTON

THE HAUNT

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. ADMISSION: £10. ADDRESS: 10 POOL VALLEY. BUY TICKETS

25/04/14

IPSWICH

THE CULT CAFE

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. ADDRESS: JAMES HEHIR BUILDING, UNIVERSITY AVENUE. VENUE PHONE: 01473 338166. BUY TICKETS

26/04/14

PORTSMOUTH

WEDGEWOOD ROOMS

			UK
TIME: 7:00PM. ADMISSION: £10. BOX OFFICE: 023 9286 3911. ADDRESS: 147B, ALBERT ROAD. BUY TICKETS

30/04/14

WOLVERHAMPTON

ROBIN 2

			UK
TIME: 7:30PM. ADMISSION: £8. BOX OFFICE: 01902 401211. ADDRESS: 20-28 MOUNT PLEASANT, BILSTON. VENUE PHONE: 01902 401211. BUY TICKETS

01/05/14

MANCHESTER

RUBY LOUNGE

			UK
TIME: 7:30PM. ADMISSION: £10. ADDRESS: 32A HIGH ST. VENUE PHONE: 0161 834 1392. BUY TICKETS

02/05/14

YORK

FIBBERS

			UK
TIME: 7:30PM. ADMISSION: £8. BOX OFFICE: 01904 651 250. ADDRESS: 8-10 STONEBOW HOUSE. VENUE PHONE: 01904 651 250. BUY TICKETS

03/05/14

SWANSEA

THE GARAGE (WHITEZ)

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. ADMISSION: £10. BUY TICKETS

08/05/14

LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL ACADEMY 2

			UK
TIME: 7:30PM. ADDRESS: 11-13 HOTHAM STREET. BUY TICKETS

09/05/14

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

THE CLUNY

			UK
TIME: 7:00PM. ADMISSION: £10. ADDRESS: 36 LIME STREET, OUSEBURN. VENUE PHONE: 0191 230 4474. BUY TICKETS

10/05/14

MORECAMBE

THE HOTHOUSE

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. ADMISSION: £8. ADDRESS: 17 DEVONSHIRE RD. VENUE PHONE: 01524 831 997. BUY TICKETS

17/05/14

GUILDFORD

THE BOILEROOM

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. ADMISSION: £8.50. ADDRESS: 13 STOKE FIELDS. BUY TICKETS

18/05/14

LEWES

PREPARE FOR BATTLE @ 750 LEWES RAILWAY LAND

			US
TIME: 8:00PM. ADMISSION: £10 UNDER 25′S FREE). AGE RESTRICTIONS: ALL AGES. BUY TICKETS

22/05/14

PENZANCE

THE ACORN

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. ADDRESS: PARADE ST. BUY TICKETS

23/05/14

GREAT TORRINGTON, DEVON

THE PLOUGH ARTS CENTRE

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. BOX OFFICE: 01805 624624.. ADDRESS: 9–11 FORE STREET. VENUE PHONE: 01805 624624..

24/05/14

CASTLE DONINGTON, DERBYSHIRE

OFF THE TRACKS FESTIVAL

			UK
ADDRESS: DONINGTON PARK FARMHOUSE – MELBOURNE ROAD, ISLEY, WALTON CASTLE. BUY TICKETS

29/05/14

NORWICH

THE WATERFRONT

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. ADMISSION: £9.00. BOX OFFICE: 01603 508050. BUY TICKETS

30/05/14

NEWBURY

THE ARLINGTON ART CENTRE

			UK
TIME: 8:00PM. BOX OFFICE: HTTP://ARLINGTONARTS.CO.UK/. VENUE PHONE: 01635 244246. BUY TICKETS

31/05/14

UTTOXETER, STAFFORDSHIRE

THE ACOUSTIC FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN

			UK
ADDRESS: UTTOXETER RACECOURSE, WOOD LANE. BUY TICKETS

13/06/14

NR SEVENOAKS

ST EDITH HALL

			UK
ADDRESS: HIGH STREET, KEMSING. BUY TICKETS

18/07/14

LORRACH, GERMANY

STIMMEN-FESTIVAL

			UK
AGE RESTRICTIONS: ALL AGES. BUY TICKETS

19/07/14

DEVON

CHAGSTOCK FESTIVAL

			UK
AGE RESTRICTIONS: ALL AGES. MARQUEE STAGE BUY TICKETS

26/07/14

DORCHESTER, DORSET

FOREVER SUN FESTIVAL

			UK
AGE RESTRICTIONS: ALL AGES. ADDRESS: CAME ESTATE. BUY TICKETS

01/08/14

SIDMOUTH

SIDMOUTH FOLK WEEK

			UK
ADDRESS: BULVERTON MARQUEE. BUY TICKETS

25/08/14

SHREWSBURY

SHREWSBURY FOLK FESTIVAL

			UK
BOX OFFICE: 0115 807 7900. ADDRESS: WEST MIDLANDS SHOWGROUND, BERWICK ROAD. BUY TICKETS

06/09/14

BROMSGROVE

ONBOARD THE CRAFT FESTIVAL

			UK
ADDRESS: STOKE PRIOR SPORTS & COUNTRY CLUB.

 

Contact

Management - moulettes@gmail.com

Label –  Navigator Records

 glen.johnson@propermusicgroup.com

www.navigatorrecords.co.uk

Bookings – Ben Hylands 

ben@iaatouring.com

+44 1273 305 752

Press -

Paper Press – Lewis Jamieson

lewis@loudhailerpress.com

07718 652582 / @LewJam

Online – Ellie at Prescription P.R

ellie@prescriptionpr.co.uk

www.prescriptionmusicpruk.com

Radio – Martin at All About Promotions

martin@allaboutpromo.com

Publishing – Andy Harris
andyharris@sotones.co.uk

 Instruments –  Alan Miller Guitars

The Electric and acoustic guitars and cellos used by Moulettes are hand built and custom made by Alan Miller Guitars. For more information about these and other beautiful instruments visit the website.

www.alanmillerguitars.co.uk/

 

The Band

Many Moulettes met and started playing music together when they were 15-17. After a couple of EPs and singles they released an acclaimed debut album on Balling The Jack/Sotones in 2010, which found its way on to several Best Of The Year lists. They also won an Innovation Award and best group from the prestigious Fatea roots-music website and got nominated for best band by the alternative Brit awards. Their charismatic,  idiosyncratic yet poppy brand of  progressive, psychedelic neo-classical folk rock  has enthralled crowds at many festivals as varied as Bestival, Glastonbury, End of the Road and Cropredy.

Now  Moulettes return with their third studio album, and their first for Navigator Records, ‘Constellations’ on June 2^nd. Recorded in studios, church buildings, caves and bedrooms in Sussex and Wales  over 2013, the album features a host of guest performances from legends Arthur Brown (God of Hellfire) and Herbie Flowers (Lou Reed, David Bowie, War of The Worlds) and contemporaries Blaine Harrison (Mystery Jets), The Unthanks  and Emma Richardson (Band Of Skulls). Brighton dub troubadour Faye Houston, dubstep producer Mike Dennis (Dface) and many of Brighton’s finest players complete a supporting chamber orchestra cast that emphasises the band’s desire to blend musical styles and experiment with sound in a way that has been a hallmark of their recordings to date. Thus ‘Constellations’ crosses varied and expansive musical territory over its ten tracks. As cellist  and front singer  Hannah Miller notes,

“People can listen to Moulettes and hear Shostakovich, Miles Davis, Pentangle, Pink Floyd, Bjork and Skrillex. That is where we’ve all come from…everyone shares in over 80 years of recorded music history”.

‘Constellations’ contains the headrush pop folk of ‘Glorious Year’, the pyscho-drama of the title track and the noir trip hop of ‘Lady Vengeance’ in an opening salvo that is unlikely to be matched in scope by many, if any, albums released this year. An album criss-crossed with stories and imagery, ‘Constellations’ can accommodate the 20’s belle époque waltz of ‘The Night Is Young’, the progressive folk of ‘The Observatory’ and the death disco dub of album closer ‘Keep It As A Memory’ whilst remaining a cohesive piece that sparkles with inventiveness and creativity throughout.

Few bands have the scope of Moulettes. Containing a mix of self taught and classically trained members who have shared the stage and studio with the likes of Seasick Steve, John Paul Jones, Nick Cave, Mick Jagger, Dave Gilmour, Gentle Giant, Paloma Faith, Bonobo, Paul Heaton of The Beautiful South, Liz Green, Ríoghnach Connolly, Laura Hockenhull, Matt Menefee (Cadillac Sky/Chess boxer) and many more.

Their significant initial period was spent playing live and promoting the Den Of Iniquity nights in London that brought a host of indie, folk, prog and psychedelic bands together.  After seven years of being a live band it was only in 2009 that their eponymous debut was released. Ex-Moulette Ted Dwane, now of Mumford & Sons returned to the fold in summer 2011 to help record the band’s second album, The Bear’s Revenge. Having constantly been on the road for four years,   Moulettes continue their touring with a new album throughout April and May prior to a host of summer festival dates.

‘Constellations’ is released by Proper Music Group on June 2^nd.

REVIEWS:

“a cross between Pentangle and the Kronos Quartet, by way of Kate Bush and early Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett.” – Reuters

“sophisticated, unpredictable” **** The Guardian
“This delicious music is played with acoustic virtuosity…Complex and beautiful…Intriguing and unique”  **** MOJO

“Divine harmonies…Orchestral folk at its very finest.” ***** Time Out

“This is what a modern folk album should sound like.” **** Evening Standard

“The best music I heard at Latitude was by the Moulettes” The Independent
“…songwriting of rare depth and inventiveness” **** Songlines

BAND MEMBERS:

Hannah Miller – Cello, vocals, guitar

Ollie Austin – Drums, guitar, piano, vocals

Ruth Skipper – Bassoon, vocals, autoharp, synth

Jim Mortimore – Double bass, Guitar,  vocals

Eliza Jaye – Electric guitar, synth, vocals

Emma Gatrill – Harp, bass clarinet, synth, percussion, vocals

 

 

 

 

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After dipping our toes in the sea and hopping on the Isle of Wight boat for saturday’s first gig of the season, we are back on the road from THIS TUESDAY 22nd April.

Supported by the Magnificent Kate Young, a fantastic fiddler and singer who will also be joining Moulettes on stage…

NEW SONGS A GO GO!

come and say Hello

 

 

Join us this Friday 28th March for a night co-curated by Alisdair Roberts and Emily Portman, celebrating the darker side of music and storytelling….

This gig falls at the start of Moulettes next chapter, the ‘Constellations’ tour, after a busy year of music making, recording, illustrating and storywriting here at Moul Towers.

So expect new songs and new stories as we delve in to new realms

KINGS PLACE, KINGS CROSS 10 pm late show in Hall 2

FRIDAY 28th MARCH

£12.50/ £9.50

Hope to see you there x

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