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Rising like banshees, out of the mist shrouded Victorian mountaintops of Melbourne’s darker woods. Two guitars, a stomp box and a voice soaring between intense syrupy lilts and raucous growling: they are The Bittersweets. A wild garden of influences: earthy Americana, a spice of blues, a diamante of rockabilly, many a train song, love lost and longing. Their pearl-inlaid tales are set out in an ocean of honeysuckle guitars (Chris Taylor & Dave Doolan) having stewed in a history of 60’s garage rock, they are charcoal filtered to deliver a fine liqueur of rollicking bittersweet roots gold. Spanning the breadth of bluegrass, country, folk and blues but delivering something altogether new, with a depth of understanding that belies all of these genres. Reaping a bountiful harvest of supports with the likes of Jen Cloher, The Handsome Family, Mia Dyson & Sara Lee Guthrie. Their cult following is garnered from the emotional intensity of their fiery live sets. The finely crafted finger