Dry The River

Recently named in the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll, Dry the River return to the Brudenell Social Club as part of a headline UK tour in support of their forthcoming debut album entitled Shallow Bed. The 11-track album was produced by Peter Katis (The National / Interpol) at his Connecticut home-studio during the summer of 2011.

I think people are surprised when they come to see us live. says Peter Liddle, heavily tattooed frontman of Londons Dry the River. They expect us to be really calm and quiet but in some ways we're the opposite.

You can see why people get confused: this five-piece band has all the hallmarks of the latest folk sensation: elemental name, beards, acoustic guitars, even a violinist. But what sets Dry the River apart is a background in hardcore and post-punk bands, hence the tattoos, lyrics that read like a Steinbeck novel and a sonic palette that sweeps from gentle to giant like an incoming storm.