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Heathen Apostles 

Born of the voices of past lives and baptized in the dust bowl dirt, the Gothic

Americana music of the Heathen Apostles harkens back to a bygone chapter of

American history. Using contrasting influences such as Bauhaus, Nick Cave & the

Bad Seeds and The Pogues along with Howlin’ Wolf, Loretta Lynn (the band

covers her classic Fist City) and Bessie Smith, the Heathen Apostles have created

a style of music that at once conjurs both angels and demons, and will enlighten a

darkened soul. Crossing paths at a gathering one Indian summer evening, femme fatale

bellower Mather Louth (Radio Noir) and rock n roll veteran Chopper

Franklin (The Cramps, Mau Maus, Nick Curran & the Lowlifes) quickly

uncovered a mutual appreciation for murder balladry, Americana, and memento

mori. It was not long before a collaboration that sought to marry these interests

in a sonic landscape, the Heathen Apostles, surfaced. The landscape was further

tilled with the addition of Thomas Lorioux (The Kings of Nuthin’) on bass and

Luis Mascaro on violin.

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