LONE WOLF has been a silent film, a book, a song, a TV series and a Native American chief, but never the alter ego of a singer, until Paul Marshall chose it to house his subtly sombre, gorgeously haunting songs.
Having used his own name for 2007's acoustic-based debut "Vultures", LONE WOLF signals a much expanded sound. His new album, "The Devil And I", dovetails perfectly with Bella Union’s stable of supreme melodicists and outstanding vocalists such as FLEET FOXES and JOHN GRANT. But "The Devil And I” stands alone, as lone wolves do. The melodies may be persuasively dreamy and the vocal delivery tender and restrained, but the mood is troubled.
"Vultures" had its dark parts but little compares to these new songs, which grip like a vice, from murder ballad "15 Letters" to the more oblique threat of "We Could Use Your Blood" and "Buried Beneath The Tiles", or strung across the triple whammy of "Russian Winter", "Soldier" and "Dead River". And then there’s the two-part title track, from doomy-grey instrumental to the band version that closes the album on a beautifully haunted high.
LONE WOLF has momentarily abandoned his solitary alienation to play live with a backing band of Leeds peers - Lins Wilson (GRAMMATICS), James Mabbett (NAPOLEON IIIRD) and James Kenosha. Following WILD BEASTS singer Tom Fleming singling out LONE WOLF as one of his tips for 2010, they invited him to support them on their UK tour this March.
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Tour dates (supporting WILD BEASTS):
Wednesday 3 March – Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Thursday 4 March - KOKO, London
Thursday 11 March - Warwick University, Warwick
Friday 12 March - Sixty Million Postcards, Bournemouth
Saturday 13 March - Queens Hall, Leicester
Monday 15 March - Waterfront, Norwich
Tuesday 16 March - Phoenix, Exeter
Thursday 18 March - Academy, Liverpool
Friday 19 March - Cluny, Newcastle
Saturday 20 March - Academy 2, Manchester
Thursday 25 March - Roisin Dubh, Galway
Friday 26 March - Cyprus Avenue, Cork
Saturday 27 March - Academy, Dublin
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