The extremely wonderful Duke Spirit follow-up their recent Bud Rising triumph with a September 26 visit to the Temple Bar Music Centre.

Having made their intentions perfectly clear with last year's Roll, Spirit, Roll mini-album, the Londoners are poised to release their full-length debut which rejoices under the title of Cuts Across The Land.

"We're a raw, rock 'n' roll band but at the same time we want to make music that drags our listeners right down to the bottom of the pit," says singer Leila Moss of their bluesy, atmospheric tunes with alt. rock rhythms (their words, not ours, but they're bang on!).