Bundoran’s Diver sisters – better known as Screaming Orphans – will release their single Carnival on 8th November followed by a tour.
Carnival comes from their chart-topping album Life In A Carnival and this energetic and inventive power pop song uses the carnival as a metaphor for life in general.
This latest single shows another side to the wealth of musical styles that siblings Joan, Angela, Gràinne and Marie Thérèse Diver produce.
Screaming Orphans are a band that defies an easy pigeonhole and the instantly catchy opening banjo riff on Carnival hits you from the start.
The band have been touring Canada and the U.S.A. for the past few months playing to large audiences.
To promote the new single, Screaming Orphans are embarking on a series of Irish shows. This tour sees the Donegal band teaming up with Padraig Stevens and Leo Moran of the Saw Doctors fame for a few shows in Waterford, Cork and Dundalk this November and December. The idea came about after both Screaming Orphans and Padraig and Leo met and played together at the Ohio Celtic Festival in the U.S. this September.
Screaming Orphans received their break when Sinead O’Connor asked them to join her on her Gospel Oak tour in Europe and North America. Since then they have released 14 albums, topped the iTunes World Music and Billboard Charts, recorded with The Chieftains and Peter Gabriel, and have toured globally.
Catch Screaming Orphans, Padraig Stevens and Leo Moran at these venues :
Fri. 29th Nov. The Haven Hotel, Waterford; Tickets €20; www.thehavenhotel.com
Sun. 1st Dec. Cyprus Avenue, Cork; Tickets €17.50; www.cyprusavenue.ie
Sat. 7th Dec. The Spirit Store, Dundalk; Tickets €16.50; www.spiritstore.ie
