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Poor Creature are a trio comprised of Ruth Clinton, Cormac MacDiarmada and John Dermody.All three are members of other bands (Landless and Lankum respectively) who have built a large following on re-interpreting songs from the past.
They formed during lockdown and the original line-up was initially just Ruth and Cormac.
“Ruth and I had played together a lot before and then lockdown hit. Suddenly we had a load of time at home with a room full of instruments, so it started from there,” says Cormac.
The decision was also not a conscious one, adds Ruth: “We never said: ‘let’s start a band’ it was more ‘let’s arrange this song’ and see what happens.”
Their first gigs were online during the pandemic as part of cultural festivals. “One was an online event called Box Moon, organised by Natalia Beylis and Decy Synnott. Musicians and artists from all over the country made videos at home and watched them together on Twitch, a rare moment of community at that time.
We made a tape recording of An Draighneán Donn, using Ruth's new theremin. It grew from there.” It slowly built into something
John joined about 18 months later and remembers their first gig, a benefit show to pay for a hip operation for a friend's greyhound, for which they had no time to rehearse.
“We just improvised and couldn’t even hear each other – but it was kind of magical, and that sort of carries into how we make the songs.
Now with the album All Smiles Tonight complete and due for release on July 11th we are very very pleased to announce that Poor Creature will be playing for us as part of their Uk tour in September....
If you can't come to us, the whole tour is listed on the poster...
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The Wandering Bear Types
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The Larder House, 4 Southbourne Grove, Bournemouth, BH6 3QZ, United Kingdom
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