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Limited edition of 300 copies, bought directly from the band. They sold most of them directly to their fans, a batch goes to France and we received the last handful. A truly limited edition.
Miraculous Mule consists of former Dream City Film Club frontman and critically acclaimed solo artist Michael J. Sheehy, who describes Miraculous Mule as "a group of Anglo-Irish honkies who are into African-American gospel, prison/work songs and hillbilly music."
The Mule is a four-piece beast with three lead singers: Sheehy, Alex Louise Petty and Patrick McCarthy, who also plays bass and spurs the animal along with drummer Ian Burns.
Sheehy continues, "Although we are apostate Catholics, agnostics, and unbelievers who stumbled and fell to the depths of Hell many moons ago, we truly believe in the power of this music and how it makes us and our audience feel."
After two albums of heavy garage rock with psychedelic blues excursions, the band returns to the sound of their debut 10” (then on Stag-O-Lee). Reconnecting with their love of early blues, gospel, field recordings and folk, the band has made a raw, understated and passionate record.
Old Bones, New Fire includes songs written by Michael Sheehy as well as classics arranged by the band such as O' Death or John The Revelator. Personally, this reminds us a lot of the Vee-Jay of the Staple Singers from the late 50's. A classic!
„If anything it digs even deeper into old-fashioned, chain-gang testifying, sounding more authentic than any white Brits have the right to.“ (Mojo magazine. 4 out of 5)
Tracklist:
1. Know I've Been Changed
2. Nobody/Nothing
3. City Of Refuge
4. We Get What We Deserve
5. Fire In My Bones
6. O' Death
7. John The Revelator
8. Butcher Boy
9. You Got To Take Sick & Die
10. Sinnerman
