A review of Dylan Tierney playing the Seedling stage on the 2nd of August at Belladrum 2013.
Spurred on by a small collection of his fan club down the front, Dylan Tierney once again impressed with his highly emotive set.
Comfortably filling the Seedlings tent he stunned everyone with his beautifully distinctive vocals. He opened his set with the powerful “I Did.” The lyrics in this will have taken those who haven’t heard him before by surprise – his songs are all incredibly deep. When listening to him you can feel his passion and the pain behind his words.
Despite the dark nature of his lyrics, some of his songs are surprisingly up tempo – causing people to start dancing in the middle of the tent.
Highlights from his set included “Shine A Light”, “Locked Up” and old favourite “The Boat Song.” Dylan ended on a new song, choosing not to play the song that the majority of people know, being “Have You Ever” was an unusual choice – however, it shows the strength of the rest of his music that he doesn’t need to play one of his biggest songs to get an impressive crowd reaction.
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