Following a standout performance at Ireland Music Week, alternative folk six-piece Madra Salach have announced that their debut EP “It’s a Hell of an Age” will arrive in the New Year and shared sprawling 7-minute single, I Was Just A Boy.

On the new single, singer Paul Banks reflects; “The song came from Adam, it was originally just the riff and I remember saying that it would work well as a brief instrumental track. We started playing around with it as a full band, and suddenly we had this 7 minute track on our hands. I centred the lyrics around my adolescence, the tumultuous nature of it. We had fun experimenting with pedals for some unique sounds on the outro, it’s a bit of a diversion from the more straightforward folk writing on our first single.

It’s a Hell of an Age lands on January 23rd featuring I Was Just A Boy and debut single Blue & Gold. Catch Madra Salach live, full list of dates below.

27 October — Roisin Dubh, Galway, Ireland Supporting Brógeal
30 October — The Academy, Dublin, Ireland Supporting Brógeal
11 November — Ulster Sports Club, Belfast, Ireland Supporting Cliffords
13 November — Folklore, London, England TGE: First 50
15 November — Live at Leeds (In the City), Leeds, England
28 November — Other Voices, Dingle, Ireland
29 November — Other Voices, Dingle, Ireland
1 December — The Caves, Edinburgh, Scotland Supporting Brógeal
2 December — The Caves, Edinburgh, Scotland Supporting Brógeal
14 December — London Irish Centre, London, England Sunday Seisiún (Charity)
20 December — Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland Supporting Gurriers
31 December — Whelan’s, Dublin, Ireland New Year’s Eve
15 January — Eurosonic, Groningen, Netherlands