The Pinkerton Raid
The Pinkerton Raid pushes at the borders of folk, Americana, and indie rock to craft a sound for dreamers around a campfire.
Critics have heard echoes of disparate influences — from Neil Young and The Band to Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, Sharon Van Etten and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Drummer Scott McFarlane and bassist Jon Depue can bring anything from a driving thunder to a skittering indie groove, and you never know when McFarlane might add some harmonies or sound his trumpet while keeping the beat with three limbs.
The Durham, North Carolina-based trio has shared stages with Illiterate Light, The Ballroom Thieves, Noah Gundersen, Lowland Hum, and The Collection — whose songwriter David Wimbish produced the band’s fourth full-length album Where the Wildest Spirits Fly.