A full five years on from Withered Hand’s unembellished debut Good News, on first listen to New Gods you’d be forgiven for thinking that Dan Willson has spent those years sunning himself on some far-flung beach mending whatever heartbreaks and…
Withered Hand, the project of Edinburgh’s Dan Willson are returning with second LP New Gods, (not far from being an inversion of the title of debut Good News). The record was produced by Tony Doogan (Mountain Goats, Belle & Sebastian)…
Last weekend I went out in London’s trendy Dalston with our Live Editor, Helen. She takes me out every year or two to remind me that I don’t like it much in fancy pubs with copies of Wired magazine for…
Withered Hand’s gnarly name reflects his sound perfectly – warts and all folk music that’s more world-weary than we will ever be.