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The Last King
Pat Dam Smyth is from Northern Ireland. He has spent his formative years busking in Belfast and other soggy streets in cities throughout the UK.
After years of touring with the Smoky Angle Shades Pat broke loose and returned home to Belfast to record The Great Divide with a host of local musicians he had never met.
The Great Divide is an album that holds the past close both in concept and sound. It is a great big nostalgic romp that tips its cap to Dennis Wilson, Wilco and the Kinks. It is a deeply personal album filled with intense, mostly melancholy songs. The death of a parent, lost love and mental illness are mused upon, Pat’s honesty is brutal and unsettling. Then all of a sudden the clouds part and a glimmer breaks through promising that tomorrow might, just might, be a better day.
Pat has been known to guest appear in unusual situations and walks through walls. He continues to busk and play incognito piano on the streets and has shared the stage with Paul Weller and Mick Jones. His Father told him to “practice two hours a day and look after you teeth if you want to go to Hollywood”, and he’s managed to do both.
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