The Windmill presents:
Dan Lyons and the Tenants, Honkies, Frank Lloyd Wleft
Entry Requirements: 18+
Dan Lyons is a Margate based musician and songwriter. In 2021 Dan and his band The Tenants set up a DIY studio in an old theatre and recorded the follow up to 2020's 'SubSuburbia' in just 10 days. The result is Lyons' rawest and most intimate work to date. Recorded live with minimal overdubs the album is a blast of uncompromising truth reminding us all to stay awake when the vultures are circling. It's out now on his family run label Shaker Records this summer.
"'If music was scholarly then Dan Lyons would hail from that of Bob Dylan and Lou Reed. His lyrics are commanding, both piquant and hard-hitting. Take ‘Biarritz ft. Clémence Quélennec' for example, with its imagery of Southern France in the 1960s evoked through a bouncy drum-beat and catchy riff. Its clever narrative brings immersion, as Dan recalls memories of a short-lived, lop-sided romance and spins characters and settings into life. Through vivid imagery rarely seen in song, he can tell stories in earnest... Dan Lyons is a storyteller. In another life, he’d find himself living amongst the Beats of New York’s Greenwich Village or living rent-free as a poet in Paris’ Shakespeare & Co." - CLASH MAGAZINE
HONKIES - South London synth-infused country
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