Dog Rough Town is a new song based on a set of lyrics developed during a songwriting workshop with the wonderful John Patrick Elliot of
'The Little Unsaid'. Check The Little Unsaid out they're fantastic!
This is unusual for us as usually the lyrics are developed after the tune.
The excerpt is from the recent session at Sutton Wood Studio with our engineer Will Davies, the first
for the next album. A guide vocal was put down my Mike who was suffering from a throat infection at the time. The video is sketching out some concepts for the
final version of the song and recycles some elements of previous videos whch will be replaced in time. Enjoy!
Weird Skin, Auld Gods second album was released on 1st March 2024.
It's available to stream on all major streaming services including:
‘Older, Wiser?’ is the first album by Auld Gods, a collection of three musicians born in Belfast.
The band formed at the start of the pandemic, are scattered across the UK in Belfast, Winchester and Dover.
Working remotely for over a year building songs from tracks recorded individually at home in sheds and bedrooms.
In October 2021 they finally got together to mix the album at River Studios in Southampton. The album is a collection of songs written
by each member of the band and as such represents a spectrum of musical styles pulled together into a slightly off kilter whole.
The lovely Jane from angrybaby.com reviews the album here.
You can access the album on
Auld Gods have released 6 singles previously.
Breathe is the second single from Auld Gods album ‘Weird Skin’. A song about thwarted ambition and betrayal featuring some filthy bass, slide guitar and timpani.
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Firefly is the first single from Auld Gods album ‘Weird Skin’. It’s a slab of Indie Rock making a commentary on life under the constant pressure of social media. Musically it’s a foot stamping tune armed with a chorus of honking saxes harking back to the 70’s and a little gem of a guitar solo that’s well out of the ordinary.
‘At the Cecil’ is the final single by Auld Gods taken from their debut album ‘Older, Wiser?’ An atmospheric horror show inspired by Joe Berlinger’s excellent documentary on the Cecil Hotel in downtown LA. Big on bass synths building up to cacophonous finale
Careless was released on 3rd June 2022. A tale of Orpheus & Eurydice translated to the Irish diaspora in London but don’t let that put you off.
Red Lines was released on 11th June 2021.A blend of electronics and guitars with message. Picked up some plays on BBC Radio Ulster.
Sat on a Stone, the debut single, was released on 15th January 2021. Its a 'rough round the edges' punkish guitar driven song
Auld Gods are a pandemic band, not having been in the same room since they started working together in March 2020 until mixing
the first album 'Older, Wiser?' in October 2021.
After commenting on a short instrumental track on YouTube, Davy McLarnon joined the Williamson brothers in the project
which was to produce music that allowed a bit of experimentation, didn’t disappear up its own arse, provided a
bit of emotional investment and you could tap your foot to. Did they succeed? Have a listen and judge for yourself.
Davy was a founder member of Shock Treatment, a seminal Belfast punk rock band signed to Terri Hooley's Good Vibrations record label in 1979.
Following the release of two singles, Belfast Telegraph and Big Check Shirts Shock Treatment went to sleep for some years re-surfacing again in 2012 and continue to perform
and record to this day. Following the short lived Five Boys Davy joined Belfast rock band Peacefrog in 1990. Here he would enjoy much local success with hit singles,
an album and several high-profile support slots and festival appearances. He continues to perform with Shock Treatmeant and other projects.
Bass playing introvert started playing with his brother Marty in Lovers of Today. He left Belfast for Manchester where he played for wonderful but obscure indie
and soul bands before moving to London where he attached himself to Belfast cult band Pig. Fell out of love with music after a punishing couple of years on the
Agricultural College circuit with The Brilliant Pebbles but has now almost recovered. Does lots of things but none really well.
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