AUGUST WELLS – PRESS KIT

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ABOUT

August Wells is a musical project created by Ken Griffin and John Rauchenberger in New York.
Griffin is the former creative mind behind the groups, Rollerskate Skinny, Kid Silver and Favourite Sons.
The music of August Wells has been described as “Strange other worldly chamber music”, “Sinatra singing Lou Reed songs” and “The secret marriage of Willy Nelson and Lee Hazlewood”
Songs to walk across your troubled heart with.

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PRESS QUOTES

“This charming man possesses possibly the most evocative, even beautiful, Irish singing voice ever recorded” – Barry Egan (The Sunday Independent)
read full article here: interview-with-barry-egan-of-the-sunday-independent/

“It’s a bit of a masterpiece”
– Hot Press Magazine’

“Marvellously evocative and deeply original”
– Clash Magazine

“One of the best albums of last year”
– Paul Mcloone Today FM

“It’s a thought-provoking and beautifully crafted album”
– Dan Hegarty RTE 2FM

‘The Undiscovered Genius of Kenneth Griffin’
– Drowned In Sound

“you’ll want to familiarize yourself with Madness is the Mercy, pronto”
– Pop matters