Withered Hand

Dan Willson aka Withered Hand

Withered Hand is the musical project of Edinburgh-based visual artist Dan Willson. Live and on record, Dan may be accompanied by any or all of the following: Hannah Shepherd (cello); Neil Pennycook (banjo); Alun Thomas (drums); Faith Nicholson; Jo Foster; Chris Bryant; and Bart Owl.

Withered Hand have made three records. Their Religious Songs EP was recorded at home by Neil Pennycook and released through SL Records and Bear Scotland in 2008. You’re Not Alone is a solo EP, recorded by King Creosote and released through Fence Records and SL in spring 2009. Good News is the band’s first album – it was funded by the Scottish Arts Council and mixed by cult American producer Kramer (Low / Galaxie 500 / Daniel Johnston), and was released by SL Records on September 14th 2009.

Withered Hand have been privileged to play alongside many incredible artists, including Jeffrey Lewis, Calvin Johnson, Little Wings and Malcolm Middleton. They have twice played Fence Records’ magnificent Homegame Festival, played at both the last ever Triptych Festival and the inaugural Tennents Mutual, and during the Edinburgh Festival this year performed on The Edge and at all-day DIY extravaganza Retreat.

In 2009, Withered Hand have recorded two radio sessions: with Marc Riley, on BBC 6Music, and with Vic Galloway, on BBC Radio Scotland.

Last updated in November 2009

Live

Last updated 28th March 2010

<a href="http://witheredhand.bandcamp.com/album/good-news">Providence by Withered Hand</a>

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  • Good News Cover

    Withered Hand

    Good News

    Album

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    On this impressive debut Dan Willson’s alter ego attains the celestial lustre of that holy grail of lapsed evangelical folk nouveau, the first Palace Brothers album. Ben Thompson, Mojo

    Tracklisting:

    1. 1 - Providence
    2. 2 - Cornflake
    3. 3 - Love In The Time Of Ecstacy
    4. 4 - Joy
    5. 5 - New Dawn
    6. 6 - Religious Songs
    7. 7 - No Cigarettes
    8. 8 - I Am Nothing
    9. 9 - Hard On
    10. 10 - For The Maudlin
  • You're Not Alone Cover

    Withered Hand

    You're Not Alone

    EP

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    Gorgeous, and a must for modern folk fans The Skinny

    Tracklisting:

    1. 1 - No Cigarettes
    2. 2 - Oldsmobile Car
    3. 3 - Big Ten Four (Paul's Song)
    4. 4 - R U Courageous
  • Religious Songs Cover

    Withered Hand

    Religious Songs

    EP

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    You know how some people, especially old-fashioned people, hang their carpets on clotheslines and then beat all the dust out of them? Or how some people knock their snowy boots against the side of the car before getting in? Here's Edinburgh's Withered Hand using mandolin, guitar, cello and his voice to shake all the dust from him, all the stray feelings, all the loose longings; so that at end of song he'll be just a body and the light in his eyes. It's a song beautiful and full. Said the Gramaphone

    Tracklisting:

    1. 1 - Religious Songs
    2. 2 - New Dawn
    3. 3 - Takeaway Food
    4. 4 - I Am Nothing

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