LONE WOLF has been a silent film, a book, a song, a TV series and a Native American chief, but never the alter ego of a singer, until Paul Marshall chose it to house his subtly sombre, gorgeously haunting songs.

Having used his own name for 2007’s acoustic-based debut Vultures, Lone Wolf signals a much expanded sound. His new album, “The Devil and I”, dovetails perfectly with Bella Union’s stable of supreme melodicists and outstanding vocalists such as Fleet Foxes and John Grant. But “The Devil & I” stands alone, as lone wolves do. The melodies may be persuasively dreamy and the vocal delivery tender and restrained, but the mood is troubled.

Vultures had its dark parts but little compares to these new songs, which grip like a vice, from murder ballad ‘15 Letters’ to the more oblique threat of ‘We Could Use Your Blood’ and ‘Buried Beneath The Tiles’, or strung across the triple whammy of ‘Russian Winter’, ‘Soldier’ and ‘Dead River’. And then there’s the two-part title track, from doomy-grey instrumental to the band version that closes the album on a beautifully haunted high.

Lone Wolf has momentarily abandoned his solitary alienation to play live with a backing band of Leeds peers - Lins Wilson (Grammatics), James Mabbett (Napoleon IIIrd) and James Kenosha. Following WILD BEASTS singer Tom Fleming singling out

Lone Wolf as one of his tips for 2010, they invited him to support them on their UK tour this March… dates below…

Thursday 4 March - LONDON – KOKO (supporting Wild Beasts)
Thursday 11 March - WARWICK - Warwick University (supporting Wild Beasts)
Friday 12 March - BOURNEMOUTH - Sixty Million Postcards (supporting Wild Beasts)
Saturday 13 March - LEICESTER - Queens Hall (supporting Wild Beasts)
Monday 15 March - NORWICH – Waterfront (supporting Wild Beasts)
Tuesday 16 March - EXETER – Phoenix (supporting Wild Beasts)
Thursday 18 March - LIVERPOOL – Academy (supporting Wild Beasts)
Friday 19 March - NEWCASTLE – Cluny (supporting Wild Beasts)
Saturday 20 March - MANCHESTER - Academy 2 (supporting Wild Beasts)
Thursday 25 March - GALWAY - Roisin Dubh (supporting Wild Beasts)
Friday 26 March - CORK - Cyprus Avenue (supporting Wild Beasts)
Saturday 27 March - DUBLIN – Academy (supporting Wild Beasts)