The Wild Parochial Boy
@WildParochialB
Dundee, UK
The Wild Parochial boy is a singer-songwriter with a mortal hatred of the term “singer-songwriter” but he sings and he writes songs, so the term is irritatingly apt. The Wild Parochial Boy started out as a song, not a person. The song became a collection of songs that didn't quite fit with the band they were written for. He become a side show, angry, irreverent, a character who didn't hold back lyrically. He was funny, wild, belligerent, a chaotic folk-punk alter ego to the mild-mannered front man of indie-alternative acts The Ugly Tree and Umakesh. Indie rock rocked but over time the sideshow became the main event as he emerged playing acoustic guerrilla gigs in some of Scotland's and Italy's most salubrious toilets.
Son of a Dundee mill wife and Highland animal lover, brought up on a strict diet of Violent Femmes, Rage Against the Machine and John Denver, a cousin (once removed) of Scottish folk royalty, native sounds mix with eclectic tastes in an alt-folk fusion that you'll love.