LONDON: Dublin Castle

Sunday 1st September, 2024

4:00pm

Event information

Miraculous Mule – “Deep atmospheric grooves meet staggering heaviness on their second triumphant outing.” –

“Lashing voodoo grooves to a delta moan…sounds like it was concocted by some postmodern chain gang.” – Classic Rock

Miraculous Mule have been whipping audiences into a frenzy since forming accidently in the latter part of 2010. The band features former Dream City Film Club front man and critically acclaimed solo artist Michael J Sheehy who describes Miraculous Mule as “…a group of Anglo-Irish honkies who dig African-American Gospel, prison/work songs and Hillbilly music.”

They are a four-headed beast with three lead singers, Sheehy, Alex Louise Petty and Patrick McCarthy who also plays the bass and provides a driving rhythm section along with drummer, Ian Burns. Sheehy continues: “Although we are lapsed Catholics, agnostics and non-believers who have tripped and fallen into Hell’s ditch many moons ago, we sincerely believe in the power of this music and how it makes us, and our audience feel.”

Tonight Miraculous Mule invite old friends from Michael’s former group Dream City Film Club to the stage for a one night only night of dark elation… in the naughty Nineties, Bugbear Promotions‘ daily grind often collided with the work and wonders of Neo Gothic Boho rock marvels Dream City Film Club (tellingly named after an infamous porn cinema embroiled in a tragic arson attack). Both our house band, of sorts, Penthouse and DCFC (equivalent status with the Bull and Gate) enjoyed the most gnarly of dark rocknroll iconography and pastimes, with both signed, at more or less the same time, to Beggars Banquet Recs. And lo, much fun, fear and fuckology ensued…it was certainly rock and bleeding roll writ large.

Wikipedia takes it up from here – ‘Dream City Film Club were an English, North London-based rock band, founded in July 1995. Their sound encompassed tortured lovelorn balladry, avant–garde flourishes, Tin Pan Alley, straightforward rock and gospel yearnings in both lyrics and subject matter… The group disbanded in 1999. Frontman and songwriter Michael J. Sheehy subsequently recorded three solo albums for Beggar’s Banquet and two for Glitterhouse, and has subsequently fronted Saint Silas Intercession and Miraculous Mule with his brother Patrick. During the early 2000s, guitarist Alex Vald worked as half of experimental pop band Datapuddle, whilst in 2015, Sheehy and Vald reunited as the pop-noir duo United Sound of Joy. In a retrospective biography of the group, AllMusic called them “one of England’s most underrated bands of the 1990s.” ‘ Amen…

25 years on original bass ace and ex Breed man Andrew Park reunites with Michael and Alex to perform this one night only must see event – the return, in part, of Dream City Film Club to the stage, and in the Dublin Castle too- we are honoured to say. Yes, a remarkable happening. With an all too rare appearance from Simon Breed and a no doubt blistering headline performance from Miraculous Mule, DJs and other exciting additions no doubt yet to be announced, this matinee into night time event is a must attend feature on your twisted pop calendar.