Poor Creature - All Smiles Tonight: Neon Yellow Vinyl LP + A5 Booklet + Signed Print DINKED EDITION EXCLUSIVE 339 *Pre-Order

Released Friday 11th July 2025
All pre orders will be fulfilled/made ready for collection on that date.

DINKED EXCLUSIVE 339

DINKED EDITION 339 £24.99

• Neon yellow LP *

• A5 booklet of lyrics / meanings / illustrations *

• Signed print - 21cm x 21cm *

• Numbered edition *

• Limited pressing of 600 *
  
  

*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition

Side A

Adieu Lovely Erin
Bury Me Not
The Whole Town Knows
Lorene

Side B

An Draighneán Donn
All Smiles Tonight
Hicks’ Farewell
Willie-o

Poor Creature is comprised of Ruth Clinton, Cormac MacDiarmada and John Dermody, all three are members of other bands (Landless and Lankum respectively) who have built a large following on re-interpreting songs from the past. Songs that have existed for centuries can seem immutable and anchored to time. A new generation of Irish musicians are keen to acknowledge that musical legacy, while reimagining the songs within a contemporary context.

Poor Creature’s sound – particularly in the context of contemporary Irish folk – offers something unique. There’s the gauzy, underwater, almost psychedelic seams of ‘Bury Me Not’ and ‘Adieu Lovely Erin’. ‘All Smiles Tonight’ and ‘Hicks’ Farewell’ nod to the influence of American folk/bluegrass acts like Doc Watson and the Louvin Brothers. These shifting sounds are made possible by producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy, who has produced all of Lankum’s albums, and worked with Junior Brother,  ØXN, Pretty Happy, Ye Vagabonds as as well as the final two albums by The Jimmy Cake, with whom John has played for over 20 years. 

“There’s something about the everyday and the fantastical, being entangled, which I think Irish music does so well.” This also sums up All Smiles Tonight, moving through stories and loss and history to create an otherworldly and timeless album for the ages.

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