{"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 &#8211; &#8216;Love Is War&#8217; (American Young Cover)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/01\/essential-covers-molly-anna-band-ashes-to-ashes\/essential-covers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?fit=1502%2C862&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1502,862\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Essential Covers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?fit=640%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17261\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?resize=640%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Essential Covers\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rackhouse Pilfer, from Sligo in the very west of Ireland, formed\u00a0in 2012\u00a0around the fire of McGarrigle&#8217;s Bar. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/essential-covers-rackhouse-pilfer-love-is-war-american-young-cover\/rackhouse_pilfer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rackhouse_Pilfer.jpg?fit=5423%2C3616&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5423,3616\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Donal Hackett&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377241094&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rackhouse_Pilfer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rackhouse_Pilfer.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18834\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rackhouse_Pilfer.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rackhouse_Pilfer\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Currently on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Rackhousepilfer\/app\/123966167614127\/\" target=\"_blank\">tour<\/a> in the UK, including the Country2Country Festival in London this coming weekend,\u00a0the band have exclusively covered for us their version of &#8216;Love Is War&#8217;, by American Young. It&#8217;s a really stripped back take on the more gentle original &#8211; but nothing less than to be expected of a band who first got together around a pub fireside.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_84875\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2tPSOEoT70g?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Rackhouse Pilfer - &#039;Love Is War&#039; (American Young Cover)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2tPSOEoT70g\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rackhouse Pilfer&#8217;s most recent\u00a0album, &#8216;Love &amp; Havoc&#8217;, is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/love-and-havoc\/id836094329\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B00IUBEF9I?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.spotify.com\/user\/double-ender\/playlist\/3xX1dP39bfDoA4BPvJnxkh\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>.\u00a0You can find them\u00a0online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rackhousepilfer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Rackhousepilfer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMuysLRYMb4gyhG94kB7HFw\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a> and their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rackhousepilfer.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Rackhousepilfer\/app\/123966167614127\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for more info about their tour. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanyoung.com\" target=\"_blank\">American Young<\/a> will also be appearing at Country2Country, ahead of their European tour with Loveless Effect and Sasha McVeigh. Check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanYoung\/app\/123966167614127\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rackhouse Pilfer, from Sligo in the very west of Ireland, formed in 2012 around the fire of McGarrigle&#8217;s Bar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[1376,4461,725,4827,2180,4879,4174,1049,126,369,1576,4878,4822,4824],"class_list":["post-18832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-acoustic","tag-american-young","tag-americana","tag-bluegrass","tag-c2c","tag-country2country","tag-essential-covers","tag-folk","tag-ireland","tag-irish","tag-irish-country","tag-love-is-war","tag-rackhouse-pilfer","tag-sligo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-4TK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18712,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/honey-ryder-born-in-a-bottle-rackhouse-pilfer-love-and-havoc\/","url_meta":{"origin":18832,"position":0},"title":"Honey Ryder &#8216;Born In A Bottle&#8217; &#038; Rackhouse Pilfer &#8216;Love And Havoc&#8217;","author":"Steve Holley","date":"07\/03\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This weekend sees the Country to Country juggernaut roll into town as this year's C2C Festival comes to the O2 Arena in London.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Honey-Ryder-and-Rackhouse-Pilfer.jpg?fit=803%2C614&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Honey-Ryder-and-Rackhouse-Pilfer.jpg?fit=803%2C614&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Honey-Ryder-and-Rackhouse-Pilfer.jpg?fit=803%2C614&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Honey-Ryder-and-Rackhouse-Pilfer.jpg?fit=803%2C614&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45209,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/01\/dean-maywood-jane\/","url_meta":{"origin":18832,"position":1},"title":"Dean Maywood &#8211; &#8216;Jane&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"20\/01\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Irish singer songwriter Dean Maywood is set to release his new single, 'Jane', on January 25. 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