In Photos: Phosphorescent + Dan Michaelson & the Coastguards @ the Workman's Club, Dublin (02.06.11)

Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck may be Brooklyn-based, but there's no mistaking his Georgia-via-Alabama roots, which wrap around the band's sound. Mixing material from last year's Here's to Taking It Easy with songs from earlier LPs, including 2007's Pride, and an assured cover of Nick Cave's 'Right Now I'm A-Roaming', Houck and his bandmates had a packed Workman's Club in raptures.
 
The group's Irish fanbase has grown considerably with each return visit to these shores, and on the back of this performance it just might expand even further. Support came from Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards, whose dark country tones provided a perfect complement to the headliners' melancholic Americana. To view a slideshow of Fiona Diffley's shots of both bands, click on any of the photos below.