{"id":18832,"date":"2016-03-09T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=18832"},"modified":"2016-03-09T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T09:00:11","slug":"essential-covers-rackhouse-pilfer-love-is-war-american-young-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/essential-covers-rackhouse-pilfer-love-is-war-american-young-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Covers: Rackhouse Pilfer – ‘Love Is War’ (American Young Cover)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rackhouse Pilfer, from Sligo in the very west of Ireland, formed\u00a0in 2012\u00a0around the fire of McGarrigle’s Bar. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

The six piece started performing an acoustic set of bluegrass and folk hits from their favourite Americana artists, and found it wasn\u2019t long before they had to be plugged in to be heard due to their growing popularity.<\/p>\n

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Rackhouse Pilfer write, record, and perform all their own songs, citing influences such as Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earl, and Ryan Adams, among others. The band comprises Leon Mooney on acoustic guitar and harmonica; Willie Kelly, also on acoustic guitar, but also playing drums; \u00a0Fiachra Cunningham, on fiddle and dobro; Mark McGovern, playing tenor\/5 string banjo; Leslie Jones on mandolin, and Hugh Feely on double bass. Vocals are shared by the entire band.<\/p>\n

Currently on tour<\/a> in the UK, including the Country2Country Festival in London this coming weekend,\u00a0the band have exclusively covered for us their version of ‘Love Is War’, by American Young. It’s a really stripped back take on the more gentle original – but nothing less than to be expected of a band who first got together around a pub fireside.<\/p>\n

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