Madra Salach – Ribbon Factory
Anyone who has caught Madra Salach live this past year already knows “Ribbon Factory”, and the studio take keeps the force those sets gave it. Guitar runs like a conveyor belt under a constant, pulsing rhythm and mandolin wind tighter around Paul Banks’ voice, and the whole thing continues to climb until the weight becomes crushing. Banks calls it a step toward livelier, punkier arrangements and a uniquely Irish song full of anger and despair. It plays like a story of work lost and a household straining under that loss, wheels and hearts both spinning, the walls closing in. Old as a factory ballad, current as any news about jobs disappearing.
It’s their first new music since January’s debut EP, It’s a Hell of an Age, out now on Island Records.
Tour dates
United Kingdom (October 2026)
- October 3: Newcastle upon Tyne, The Grove (sold out)
- October 5: Glasgow, Saint Luke’s (sold out)
- October 6: Manchester, New Century Hall (sold out)
- October 7: Sheffield, Foundry (sold out)
- October 9: Norwich, Norwich Arts Centre (sold out)
- October 10: Nottingham, Rescue Rooms (sold out)
- October 11: Oxford, The Bullingdon (sold out)
- October 13: London, Electric Ballroom (sold out)
- October 14: London, Electric Ballroom (sold out)
North America (November 2026)
- November 2: Cambridge, MA, The Sinclair
- November 4: Philadelphia, PA, Johnny Brenda’s
- November 5: Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
- November 6: New York, NY, Mercury Lounge
- November 7: Brooklyn, NY, Union Pool
- November 10: Brooklyn, NY, Baby’s All Right
- November 12: Toronto, ON, The Garrison
Europe (December 2026)
- December 3: Rennes, FR, Les Transmusicales
Ireland (December 2026)
- December 5: Waterford, Bank Lane (sold out)
- December 6: Limerick, Dolans Warehouse (sold out)
- December 10: Dublin, Vicar Street (sold out)
- December 11: Belfast, Mandela Hall (sold out)
- December 12: Galway, Leisureland (sold out)
- December 17: Kilkenny, Set Theatre (sold out)
- December 18: Cork, Cyprus Avenue (sold out)
- December 19: Cork, Cyprus Avenue (sold out)
United Kingdom (January 2027)
- January 8: Bognor Regis, Rockaway Beach
Ireland (June 2027)
- June 26: County Meath, Slane Castle, supporting Fontaines D.C.
- June 27: County Meath, Slane Castle, supporting Fontaines D.C.
