The fiery neo-folk-rocker, Uca’s Dance, is the second single from the Moulettes’ critically acclaimed album, ‘The Bear’s Revenge’. The band welcomed back ex-Moulette, Ted Dwane, now of Mumford & Sons to play on these sessions. And one of the b-sides, a version of Devil Of Mine recorded in a Manchester church in 2007, also includes Ted’s distinctive double bass-playing as a full-time Moule. Uca’s Dance will be released on November 5th 2012.

The genesis of Uca’s Dance is quite a story. Moulettes’s songwriter, Hannah Miller conceived it when she was a music-workshop leader at the Most Mira (meaning Peace Bridge) children’s festival in the Prijedor region of Bosnia in 2009. The aim of the festival was inspire artistic creativity in the young participants and build lasting bonds in their community. One night a Romanian fire-dancer, Uca, who was also working with the children, performed a dazzling impromptu dance, and Hannah spontaneously improvised an accompaniment. The song was born.

But, as with much of Miller’s work, reality blurs into fantastical fiction. In Moulettes myth-making Uca becomes an imprisoned fire-dancer in a circus of cruelty. A dancing bear is a fellow captive. The good-hearted Uca helps the bear escape in a denouement of fire, blood and flight, quite literally, in a hot-air balloon: hence The Bear’s Revenge. Hannah is working on an illustrated book which extends the universe of her songs.

Of the other b-sides The Song You Sing is a companion piece to Devil Of Mine. While the remixes of Uca’s Dance are testament to the experimental impulse which lies at the heart of Moulettes. They also link to the cult electro-clash band, and Moulettes side-project, Modernaire. Modernaire were main support to The Ting-Tings on their national tour at the height of their career.

Having taken the likes of End Of The Road, Cambridge Folk and Bestival by storm, Moulettes will be supporting The Levellers and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (more fire imagery), this autumn as well as headlining their own shows, including a return to Southampton Joiners on November 22nd and Winchester Railway on December 7th.

Upcoming Tour

Sept 25th – Anvil Arts Centre, BASINGSTOKE – w/ The Levellers
Sept 26th – EXETER Cathedral – w/ The Levellers
Sept 27th – SALISBURY Cathedral – w/ The Levellers
Sept 28th – BUXTON Opera House – w/ The Levellers
Sept 29th – HARROGATE Royal Hall – w/ The Levellers
Sept 30th – The Sage, GATESHEAD – w/ The Levellers

Oct 4th – Communion @ The Ruby Lounge, MANCHESTER
Oct 5th – Musiquarium, LEEDS
Oct 6th – Musicport Festival, WHITBY
Oct 12th – The Bull, COLCHESTER
Oct 13th – Wimbledon Bookfest, WIMBLEDON
Oct 14th – The Pig Hotel, BROCKENHURST
Oct 19th – Fibbers, YORK – w/ The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Oct 21st – Applefest, Nr LEWES
Oct 27th – North Dorset Folk Festival, STURMINSTER NEWTON

Nov 1st – Rescue Rooms, NOTTINGHAM – w/ The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Nov 3rd – Button Factory, DUBLIN – w/ The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Nov 4th – The Pavilion, CORK
Nov 8th – The Empire Music Hall, BELFAST
Nov 9th – Thekla, BRISTOL – w/ The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Nov 10th – Norwich Arts Centre, NORWICH – w/ The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Nov 11th – The Musician, LEICESTER
Nov 15th – Soup Kitchen, MANCHESTER
Nov 16th – Mello Mello, LIVERPOOL
Nov 17th – Corn Exchange, HERTFORD – w/ The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Nov 21st – Komedia, BRIGHTON – w/ The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Nov 22nd – The Joiners, SOUTHAMPTON
***NOV 24th – The Tabernacle, LONDON – w/ The Hall Of Mirrors and Jordan Reyne***
Nov 28th – Communion @Oporto, LEEDS
Nov 29th – The Captain’s, GLASGOW
Nov 30th – The Leopard, DONCASTER

Dec 1st – The Citadel, ST HELEN’S – w/ The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Dec 6th – The Stables, WAVENDON
Dec 7th – The Railway Inn, WINCHESTER
Dec 8th – The Ivy, SHEERNESS
Dec 21st – Boileroom, GUILDFORD

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