Having been born in County Cork, grown up in London and travelled across Europe in an orchestra, eleven-year-old Patrick Wolf was something of an eccentric, escaping from school troubles on a stolen four-track with viola in hand.

After running from home as a young'un to reside in a run-down lodging on the Richmond riverside, he soon garnered the attentions of Fat Cat Records, who provided Wolf with given an Atari and mixing desk to start recording songs 'properly'.

He found the writings of Angela Carter and the music of Joni Mitchell to be a great inspiration - the way that Mitchell brought the folk narrative and intimacy into pop electricity and the way Carter took fairytales and brought out all the symbols of wolves and ghosts to express her own emotions.

These influences can take Wolf's music in bizarre musical directions, as he fuses dark and haunting tracks alongside childlike rhythmic verse.

Following the critical acclaim that came with Wind In The Wires and debut release Lycanthropy, The Magic Position follows a similarly twisted pop sensibility.

Releases

• The Magic Position (single) - single, out 09/04/2007 on Polydor. 1 review (read/post)
• The Magic Position - album, out 26/02/2007 on Polydor. 1 review (read/post)
• Bluebells - single, out 01/01/2007 on Polydor. (post review)
• Accident & Emergency - single, out 23/10/2006 on Loog Records. 1 review (read/post)
• Wind In The Wires - album, out 28/02/2005. 1 review (read/post)
• The Libertine - single, out 31/01/2005. (post review)
• Lycanthropy - album, out 28/07/2003 on Faith & Industry. (post review)

Past events

• Thu 20 Dec at London Shepherds Bush Empire. 1 review (read/post)
• Blue Flowers, Sun 09 Dec at London Hammersmith Lyric Theatre. (post review)
• Fri 30 Nov at Middlesbrough Mima. (post review)
• Thu 29 Nov at Glasgow Oran Mor. (post review)
• Tue 27 Nov at Sheffield City Hall & Memorial Hall. (post review)
• Mon 26 Nov at Leicester Y Theatre. (post review)
• Sun 25 Nov at Salford The Lowry Centre. (post review)
• Fri 23 Nov at Bristol Trinity. (post review)
• Thu 22 Nov at Exeter Phoenix. 1 review (read/post)
• Wed 21 Nov at Brighton St. George's Church. (post review)
• Carling Weekend Leeds Festival - Saturday, Sat 25 Aug at Leeds Bramham Park. (post review)
• Electric Gardens Festival - Sunday, Sun 05 Aug at Kent Mount Ephraim Gardens. (post review)
• Lovebox London Weekender - Saturday, Sat 21 Jul at London Victoria Park. (post review)
• Latitude Festival - Friday, Fri 13 Jul at Southwold Henham Park. (post review)
• North By South Best, Sat 02 Jun at Leeds Leeds University Stylus. (post review)
• Thu 15 Mar at London Brixton Academy. (post review)
• Wed 14 Mar at London Brixton Academy. (post review)
• Mon 12 Mar at Glasgow Barrowlands. (post review)
• Sun 11 Mar at Glasgow Barrowlands. (post review)
• Fri 09 Mar at Manchester Apollo. (post review)
• Tue 06 Mar at Dublin Olympia. (post review)
• Mon 05 Mar at Dublin Olympia. (post review)
• Fri 02 Mar at Southend-on-Sea Chinnery's. (post review)
• Tue 27 Feb at Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill. (post review)
• Mon 26 Feb at London ICA. (post review)
• Sun 25 Feb at Sheffield Leadmill. (post review)
• Fri 23 Feb at Glasgow Oran Mor. (post review)
• Thu 22 Feb at Newcastle upon Tyne Academy. (post review)
• Wed 21 Feb at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
• Tue 20 Feb at Liverpool Carling Academy 2. (post review)
• Sun 18 Feb at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). (post review)
• Sat 17 Feb at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Fri 16 Feb at Birmingham Academy. (post review)
• Wed 14 Feb at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms. (post review)
• Tue 13 Feb at Colchester Arts Centre. (post review)
• Mon 12 Feb at Brighton Concorde 2. (post review)
• Sun 11 Feb at Cambridge Junction 2 The Shed. (post review)
• Fri 09 Feb at Northampton Soundhaus. (post review)
• Thu 08 Feb at Bristol Thekla Social. (post review)
• Wed 07 Feb at Cardiff Barfly Club. (post review)
• Tue 06 Feb at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2. (post review)
• Sun 04 Feb at London The Coronet. (post review)
• Xfm Birthday All-Dayer, Sat 27 Jan at London Camden Barfly. (post review)
• Tue 19 Dec at London Union Chapel. (post review)
• Sat 25 Nov at London The Coronet. (post review)
• Fri 06 Oct at Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill. (post review)
• Thu 05 Oct at Norwich Waterfront. 1 review (read/post)
• Wed 04 Oct at London Koko. (post review)
• Tue 03 Oct at Glasgow G2. (post review)
• Mon 02 Oct at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH). (post review)
• Sun 01 Oct at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2. (post review)
• Fri 03 Jun at London Lyric Theatre. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 10/06/2008: Red-faced: Surrey's Redfest joins festival dead
• 19/05/2008: Patrick Wolf to headline Redfest 2008
• 17/03/2008: A transmission from Patrick Wolf
• 18/12/2007: WIN! Tickets to Patrick Wolf's Christmas extravaganza
• 26/11/2007: Lightspeed Champion to tour a lot next year
• 23/10/2007: Patrick Wolf spreading the Plague 'round London
• 11/09/2007: Patrick Wolf for November solo tour
• 06/08/2007: WIN! Tickets to this weekend's first-ever Underage Festival
• 19/07/2007: Patrick Wolf announces fishy new album details
• 06/07/2007: Jarvis, Patrick Wolf confirmed for Latitude

Features

• 12/09/2007: Connect Festival 2007: the DiS review
• 15/08/2007: Underage Festival: wait a minute, these people are all children!
• 25/07/2007: Latitude Festival 2007: the DiS review
• 17/07/2007: The Weekly DiScussion: our alternative Mercury list...
• 08/11/2006: A Month In Records: October 2006
• 05/10/2006: DiS is 6! Our 66, part 1

Links

• Patrick Wolf - Official Website

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