Augustines (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever Media)
A trailer for the documentary RISE: The Story of Augustines has been shared online along with details of the film’s premiere.
Head here for the video, which is released ahead of the world premiere at this year’s 26th Annual Raindance Film Festival in London on Thursday, September 27th at Vue Piccadilly.
The trailer takes us back to the tragic, emotionally charged origins of the band and their debut LP Rise Ye Sunken Ships – Live4ever’s number one album of 2011. “Before you hear about Jim McCarthy, before you join the dots between the songs and the prisons and the grave, Rise Ye Sunken Ships is already a giant of a debut record,” we said.
“Brimming with stories of doctors, drunks and shrinks, humming with the warmth of worn guitar strings, there’s no mistaking the signs of staggering depth to these songs. Chapel Song is beautiful and hopeful for some kind of future, filled with promises and boundless blue skies, so it’s Augustine and Headlong Into The Abyss that give us our first taste of self-destruction.”