Friday 10 March
2017 sees the release of Sheffield songwriter Neil McSweeney’s
fourth album, A Coat Worth Wearing. Produced by award-winning
folk producer Andy Bell and the second release for new imprint Hudson
Records, the album builds on the success of its predecessor, Cargo,
displaying a marked development in Neil’s sound and approach. Its
nine songs were conceived as a piece and subsequently recorded
together, largely in full-band live-takes, over seven days in the
beautiful Welsh countryside.
Neil
McSweeney emerged from the flowering of Sheffield music that gave the
world Richard Hawley and Slow Club and has since established himself
as ‘a songwriter of rare ability’(R2). Setting lyrics that deal
with the contrasts and contradictions of life to romantic melodies as
hopeful as they are melancholy, McSweeney’s finely-crafted songs
have been championed by his peers as well as across national radio
and mainstream and specialist press. Since the release of Cargo
in 2013, McSweeney has made increasingly big waves on the
English folk scene picking up main stage festival appearances and
collaborating with the likes of Jon Boden and Fay Hield.
McSweeney
has toured extensively throughout the UK and mainland Europe on his
own and as support for the likes of Richard Hawley and Bellowhead. He
will continue to tour around the release of A Coat Worth Wearing,
then throughout 2017 and beyond.
Tour
dates...
8
March Biddulph Arms, Stoke on Trent
10
March Queen’s Social Club, Sheffield.
13
March Green Note, London
17
March Labour Club, Retford
18
March Indiependant Cafe, Scunthorpe
23
March The Musician, Leicester
25
March LV21, Gillingham
31
March Herman Chapel, Oswestry
1
April Garmon
View House Concert, Conwy
Praise
for Cargo....
“Deeply
felt, brooding songs rich in imagery” The Guardian
“A
songwriter of rare ability” R2 Magazine
“Songs
so subtle and well-crafted that you can’t help but be drawn in”
Drowned In Sound
“Steelier
than your average troubadour” Q Magazine
“McSweeney
is the genuine article. Highly recommended” Express
