FORMED in November 2014, Saint Sister is the creation of Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty.
Their music draws from early Celtic harp traditions, 60’s folk and electronic pop to create ‘atmosfolk'—a mix of soulful vocal harmonies, dreamy synth and electro-acoustic harp.
Momentum quickly built for the band early on. A month after their formation they were asked to perform on TG4, and shortly after opened Whelan’s for Arcade Fire’s Will Butler.
Their debut EP ‘Madrid’, recorded with Alex Ryan (bassist with Hozier), was released in November 2015 and within its first year reached over one million streams on Spotify.
It received favourable support from Irish radio and was also championed by Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart, eventually being playlisted on BBC Radio 1 and on German national radio, 1Live.
In 2016 ‘Tin Man’ came out as part of Communion’s Singles Club and received continued support from national radio, both at home and abroad. The track was nominated for song of the year by the Choice Music Prize and the band was named ‘Best Irish Band’ for that year by the readers of The Irish Times.
You can catch them in the Olympia Theatre on October 11.
