Dubliner Ken Griffin's new project Favourite Sons are set to finish off a number of dates this June by combining forces with the Frames in Dublin and Cork

Thursday 2nd June – Grand Social, Dublin
Fri. 3rd June – Flatlake Festival, Scotstown, Co.Monaghon
Saturday 4th June – CorkxSouthWest, Cork
Sunday 5th June – Forbidden Fruit Festival, Dublin
Thursday 9th June – Vicar Street, Dublin (guests to The Frames)
Saturday 11th June – Marquee, Cork (guests to The Frames)

Ken, formerly of Rollerskate Skinny and Kid Silver, joined forces with Justin Tripp, A.J. Edmiston and Matt Werth four years ago in a bar in New York.

The collective release their second album The Great Deal of Love this Friday, May 27.

As Griffin explains from his current New York base, it’s a very different beast to its predecessor.

“Down Beside Your Beauty, our first effort as Favourite Sons, was written during a time of great loss in my life, which frankly overshadowed any real desire to create art,” he reflects. “The result was a raw spill of emotion, which has its merits but was a bit of a step off the artistic path I’d been on. After some time had passed and done its kind healing, I could feel it again; see and hear it again, the melodies and words that had once offered me a whole world to visit. The result of this group’s enduring friendship and desire to create a reaching music is The Great Deal Of Love, enjoy.”