The Dead Man's Waltz

Fallow Fields - Out June 27th

ATTENTION! - The Dead Man's Waltz are pleased to announce we will be performing alongside the wonderful Hans Chew at King Tut's on May 13th!

A very likely sell-out, so don't lose out - buy now! Buying directly from us ensures no ticketmaster booking fees, is the only way we get paid, and you can either collect on the night or have them posted out for free - get buying!

The Dead Man's Waltz are four musicians from the Isle of Skye who are re-imagining their traditions into a style they call 'folk-noir'. Their music traces a path through the dance halls of Weimar Republic Germany, Kurt Weill and Hans Eisler, through Tom Waits and the Pogues to more recent acts such as Yann Tiersen and Beirut.

Using song, storytelling and film, their work describes a weird arc of destruction and menace through the history of the last century. Theirs is a litany of small-town crimes and dark romances that is fascinating and irresistable.

Following a spectacularly unusual rise to prominence, taking in a horror-musical, an 8-hour residency in an absynthe yurt and a theatre performance in an abandoned ice-cream factory, their self-titled debut album was released on their own label in October 2011. They are now looking forward to appearances at Celtic Connections 2012, and 'Death: A Festival for the Living' at The Southbank Centre, and are taking bookings for 2012.

"Macabre and charming." ****
The Skinny, Sept 2011

"One of the most interesting and experimental bands around."
Is This Music? June 2011

"Marvellous."
Tom Morton, BBC Radio Scotland, Nov 2011

The Dead Man's Waltz have a Facebook Page It's a pretty good way to stay in touch, hear our news as it happens and flick through new photos.

Live performances by The Dead Man's Waltz can be a bizarre and special experience...

It all began with a blood-soaked musical before we turned to inviting members
of the audience on stage to help us recite tales of murder and weirdness while we
improvised a live soundtrack. This has taken us from the beatnik floors of Edinburgh
jazz clubs to the desolate surroundings of abandoned factories in Glasgow to the
provincial theatres of our home in the Highlands...

No two shows are the same, and we'd be delighted if you joined us:

To buy tickets for King Tut's on May 13th where we will be playting alongside the incredible Hans Chew...

N.B. - If you are thinking about coming to this gig, please buy from us rather than from ticketmaster or on the door, it's the only way we have of getting paid! You can specify post (free) or on-the-night box office collection, and you can buy from paypal right up to 4pm on the day of the gig! Get clicking!

Welcome to our growing collection of film and documentary footage!
Below are some of our works, currently up online.

First up, here's the new video for Swings and Roundabouts made by Retchy in Dundee.

Here is the video, made by Johnny Barrington, that accompanied
Cry On Me, our first single

Here is a film introducing the band that was filmed by Johnny Barrington and
Magnus Graham in 2009.

And here is a short documentary piece put together by Leighton Jones
on the making of the Cry On Me film.

General enquiries:

comein@thedeadmanswaltz.com

Press:

Alex/Nadine @ Everymatic PR
pr@everymatic.com

Booking enquiries:

Email: hector@injuns.co.uk
Tel: 07747148465

EPK

To download our electronic press and promotion kit - please click HERE.