PRESS RELEASE   February 2016

MULHOLLAND BRING IT ALL BACK HOME WITH NORTH COUNTRY
York-based Alt-Country/Americana duo Mulholland are set to release their debut album, North Country, on Good Friday (25^th March) 2016 with a home-town performance at The Basement, City Screen in York.

In the few months since becoming a duo in July 2015, husband and wife, Stan and Ann have been busy performing regularly and writing this varied set of lyrical songs.  They are influenced by the sounds of America’s heartlands and cover subjects such as everyman and his burden, unfulfilled dreams, lost love (sometimes reclaimed) and the lure of the itinerant life all underpinned by strong, intertwining vocals and harmonies and a rootsy fiddle sound.   

Ann (harmonies, fiddle, keyboards, accordion) said ‘We feel that we have truly found our voice with this album and have taken many years’ worth of influences from Bob Dylan to Laurel Canyon to Jason Isbell via the Byrds and distilled them down into these songs.  We were lucky enough to work with a number of great musicians from York and the surrounding area all of whom made outstanding contributions to North Country and gave it a real home town feel.’

The eight-track album is the result of six months of work with producer Vinnie Whitehead (of Vinnie & the Stars).  Recorded at Loom Studios in Batley and Vinnie’s studio in York, the album comprises seven self-penned songs by the duo and one cover.   Stan, (lead vocal, guitar and harmonica) commented, ‘We wanted to take our time over the album so that the end result would be a blend of the right instrumentation and vocals, but still retain the essential live qualities that define Mulholland.  Vinnie has done a great job of achieving this.’

Firmly established as part of the York music scene for some time, Mulholland have been making a name for themselves further afield over recent months with gigs all over the North and Scotland.  They recently appeared at The Troubadour, London and will be supporting, among others, Lowri Evans in York in March and Virginia band The Hot Seats in Whitby in August.  They are currently planning tours in Scotland and Northern Europe and will be appearing at various festivals over the summer.   In amongst all the gigs and recording they also found time for a photo shoot with rock photographer Ami Barwell and to film a video in Belfast for the first single off the album ‘Black Feathers’ with York film school alumni James Arden and Ronnie McQuillan.