Following the critical success of debut album ‘Leave Your Love at the Door’, the Cork based alternative folk group John Blek & The Rats were eager to dispel any notions of ‘the difficult second album’ and decamped to the studio in-between tour dates.
John Blek explains, “Having spent a few years playing together we wanted to progress and evolve our sound with this album. The writing was very intuitive, these songs came together quite quickly, with the band featuring more prominently than previous recordings”.
John Blek & the Rats released ‘Borders’ through We Are Rats Recordings in September and bring their live show to Dolan’s this Friday December 4.
Expect foot-stomping rhythms and contagious choruses, a passion for revelry and that most ‘Cork’ of musical traits, a penchant for lunacy.
Ye Vagabonds, just off Glen Hansard’s European tour, will provide support.
