Pre-Save Our New Single, "Come On Home Molly" And Get Exclusive First Listen

It’s been a bumpy old road to get here we’re almost at the starting line. We’re really feeling the burn right now, I guess it’s growing pains!

The first single from our upcoming album drops on May 6th and we’re just about managing to keep our heads above water and ride this wave of release prep work and content creation. We can’t wait to send this new music and message out into the world, and we could use your help!

“Come On Home Molly” feels like a letter never opened, a nostalgic singalong about lost friendships and the emotional growth it takes to leave an open door in your heart.

Pre-saving gets you an exclusive first listen and helps boost our song on release day.

>>>Pre-save the song here<<<

This weekend we’ve been invited to compete in the band competition at Merlefest here in NC and we’re feeling beyond honored (and a bit nervous)! Past winners include The Avette Brothers, Old Crown Medicine Show, and Gillian Welch, some pretty big boots to fill! Wish us luck!

We’re joined for the competition by our dear friend and incredible bass player Mike Seal, he’s here for a string of North Carolina dates including the single release show on May 9th (get tickets here) Alicia’s ever talented brother, Alan Best (of Tan and Sober Gentlemen, Lagomorph) will bring us up to a four-piece for the comp.

We’re feeling so grateful for this community we’ve built together and excited for it to be growing. Welcome to the newcomers, it’s good to have you on board. It takes a village y’all!

Pre-Save “Come On Home Molly” here and we’ll see you own the road,

Alicia and Robert

UK Tour Dates Announced May, June, July

We’re back! And this time with new music in tow! Next month we hop over the pond for our ‘Over Again UK Tour’ May-July. Click here to see all show info and tickets.

We’ll be carrying some pre-release CDs and vinyl of the new album (which comes out on 2nd September) and if you come to a show you can get your mits on a copy before anyone else!

We’ll be releasing several singles over the summer leading up to the full LP including the title track ‘Over Again’. For us, this album marks a new beginning—like a rebirth—as we shed negative cycles to work towards a brighter future. Join us on this journey as we step into a new phase of our music.

We’ve got plenty of shows in North Carolina before then, and our bassist Mike Seal will be flying out to play some of those with us, (including our first SINGLE RELEASE SHOW in Durham on May 9th) before we all head back to the UK to tour together.

Come and say hi!

We’re running a competition to win a copy of the album and T-shirt, share this post and read the instructions in the captions!

Not only has the pine forest erupted in yellow pollen (see boot photo above), the dogwood, jasmine, and wisteria are in full bloom—we are surrounded by the sights and sounds of spring and new beginnings… which also happens to be the theme of the new album. We hope you’re finding the joy and hope in this new season and we’ll see you soon.


Your fan,

A Different Thread

FULL TOUR DATES AND INFO

Spring is stirring and so are we - blood moon eclipse, extras wanted for music video, publishing deal, live-streams, NC tour dates

Outside the blood moon eclipse brings a brief moment of calm to a very busy week. We pause everything and watch, passing my grandfather’s binoculars around.  “Is this what we’re doing now?” My brother asks “just watching it?”

It felt like the thing to do.

Behind the scenes, we’re deep in emails and getting our ducks in a row for the upcoming release. But it’s not all marketing meetings. Sometimes it’s:

• Enjoying the sunshine while I walk around Pittsboro and Bynum to put up posters for our Bynum General Store gig (March 22nd).

• Designing new stickers, t-shirts, and fun merch—our friend Cat is even lending us a button maker (that’s “badge maker” for you UK folks)!

• GEARING UP TO FILM ANOTHER MUSIC VIDEO!

**EXTRAS CASTING CALL FOR “THE PROPHET”**

Want to be an extra in our climate crisis music video?

When: Friday, March 21st, 11 AM - 1 PM

Where: CCB Plaza, Durham, NC

Stay 30 minutes or the whole time (join us for lunch after!)

RSVP: info@adifferentthread.com (or reply to this email) to confirm and discuss costume.

PUBLISHING DEAL


We’ve signed a publishing deal with Glovebox Songs! Excited to join artists like Mississippi MacDonald, Oliver Darling, Sean Taylor, and our very own Mike Seal, who’s flying in soon to join us for some of our spring shows in our home state of North Carolina.

CLICK HERE FOR ALL TOUR DATES, TICKETS, AND INFO

It’s almost 9 years since Robert and I met—a chance encounter on the day after St. Paddy’s Day! And we’re celebrating March 18th with some good old fashioned busking and what we are calling a ‘triskele live stream’—one song each on our Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

Those first few days in Ireland together someone told us about the Triskele, how the three sides interlocking represent the coming together of three things, it could be anything:

You

Me

And Music

We’ll go live between 1:00 and 1:30 PM on the 18th—tune in and join us!


More soon,

Alicia and Robert

All upcoming concerts (click venue links for info and tickets,

OR CLICK HERE FOR ALL TOUR DATES ON OUR WEBSITE

MAR 15

House Concert, Hillsborough NC

MAR 22

Bynum general store, NC

MAR 29

Sidetrack bar, Chapel Hill, NC


APR 5
Mebane Farmers Market, NC

APR 13

House Concert, Durham NC, seats can be reserved starting March 23. EMAIL FOR RSVP

APR 11

The Bell Tree Club, Carrborro NC

APR 12

House Concert, Mebane NC
3222 Henderson Field Rd, Mebane, NC 27302-9285, United States

APR 13

Chatt Hills Presents: A Different Thread + The Wilder Flower

Asheville, NC

APR 22

Flat Iron

Greensboro, NC

APR 25

MerleFest 2025

Wilkesboro, NC

MAY 01 05

Shakori Hills 2025

Pittsboro, NC



MAY 03

Haw River Fest 2025

Graham, NC



MAY 22

Lewes Con Club (support from Erika Olson)

Lewes, United Kingdom



MAY 24

A Different Thread LIVE in Lichfield

Lichfield, United Kingdom



MAY 28

A DIfferent Thread at What's Cookin'

London, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



MAY 29

A Different Thread Live at Fishery Warf

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom



JUN 06

The King Arthur

Glastonbury, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUN 07

Tangled Roots 2024

Timsbury, United Kingdom



JUN 11

Llantrisant Folk Club

Pontyclun, United Kingdom
(Cash only on the door)



JUN 13

Magic Lantern - Llusern Hud

Tywyn, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUN 14

STORI Beer and Wine Cyf

Bala, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUN 15

The Nest Cafe Bar Restaurant

Thurstaston, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUN 17

The Bell Inn

Bath, United Kingdom
FREE ENTRY! Limited space



JUN 21

Stonehenge Solstice Festival 2025

Winterbourne Stoke, United Kingdom



JUL 02

Biddulph Up In Arms

Biddulph, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUL 03

Cafe#9

Sheffield, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUL 04

Cafe#9

Sheffield, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon, yes we are playing twice due to complaints from those who couldn’t get a ticket!)



JUL 05- 06

Not a Cult Festival 2025

Malvern, United Kingdom



JUL 08

The Crooked Billet Inn & Kitchen

Owston Ferry, United Kingdom
(Hosted by Peet Jackson, donations based show)



JUL 09

The New Adelphi Club

Hull, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUL 10

The F Word

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUL 12

Eccles Town Hall

Eccles, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUL 18

Green Note

London, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUL 21

Flower Pot

Derby, United Kingdom
(Donation based show)



JUL 25

The Hub at St Mary's

Lichfield, United Kingdom
(Farewell Lichfield hometown show)



JUL 26

Roman Lakes

Cheshire West and Chester, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)



JUL 27

Kitchen Garden Cafe

Birmingham, United Kingdom

FULL TOUR DATES AND INFO

Snow Show Tomorrow, + Mini Folk Fest in NC

Hey, it’s snowing here and our show tomorrow has been cancelled. You can still catch us next week (27th) at Boxyard RTP for the last night of our residency there.

In the meantime stay safe and warm y’all! Our next North Carolina show will be a mini folk festival in Hillsborough at the Eno House on the 6th March featuring four great acts: Alicia’s brother Alan (Tan & Sober Gentlemen) will be performing with Lagomorph Quartet, Liana Gabel is back in town with Earthwarm, singer songwriter Ashley Virginia, and yours truly! The venue has amazing acoustics, it’s a seated show, and it’s going to be a very special show, GET TICKETS HERE and watch the video by clicking the image below.

Click to watch promo reel on youtube

The new album vinyl order is in! Really can’t wait to hear the test press on wax and share that with you. Thank you to all our Kickstarter backers for making this possible! We’re also working on the marketing for the first single (Come on Home Molly) which drops on Tuesday May 6th, and we’ll celebrate the new single on Friday May 9th with a show at Durham’s Blue Note Grill. That’s going to be a full band show, so mark your calendars and get tickets here!

Yesterday and today we went into James Phillips (drummer from Bombadil) studio in East Durham to record on a friend’s song. Check out Lauren Soverign on Instagram and stay tuned for her new song ‘Trusting in the Seasons’. Working with them was such a treat, and the snow through the round windows today was icing on the cake!

Hope you’re all well out there, thanks for being on this journey with us!

Your fan,

A Different Thread

All upcoming concerts (click venue links for info and tickets)



FEB 27

Boxyard RTP

Durham County, NC




MAR 06

Eno House - A Campus of Union Grove UMC

Hillsborough, NC




APR 13

Chatt Hills Presents: A Different Thread + The Wilder Flower

Asheville, NC




APR 22

Flat Iron

Greensboro, NC




APR 25

MerleFest 2025

Wilkesboro, NC




MAY 01 05

Shakori Hills 2025

Pittsboro, NC




MAY 03

Haw River Fest 2025

Graham, NC




MAY 22

Lewes Con Club (support from Erika Olson)

Lewes, United Kingdom




MAY 24

A Different Thread LIVE in Lichfield

Lichfield, United Kingdom




MAY 28

A DIfferent Thread at What's Cookin'

London, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




MAY 29

A Different Thread Live at Fishery Warf

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom




JUN 06

The King Arthur

Glastonbury, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUN 07

Tangled Roots 2024

Timsbury, United Kingdom




JUN 11

Llantrisant Folk Club

Pontyclun, United Kingdom
(Cash only on the door)




JUN 13

Magic Lantern - Llusern Hud

Tywyn, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUN 14

STORI Beer and Wine Cyf

Bala, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUN 15

The Nest Cafe Bar Restaurant

Thurstaston, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUN 17

The Bell Inn

Bath, United Kingdom
FREE ENTRY! Limited space




JUN 21

Stonehenge Solstice Festival 2025

Winterbourne Stoke, United Kingdom




JUL 02

Biddulph Up In Arms

Biddulph, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUL 03

Cafe#9

Sheffield, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUL 04

Cafe#9

Sheffield, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon, yes we are playing twice due to complaints from those who couldn’t get a ticket!)




JUL 05- 06

Not a Cult Festival 2025

Malvern, United Kingdom




JUL 08

The Crooked Billet Inn & Kitchen

Owston Ferry, United Kingdom
(Hosted by Peet Jackson, donations based show)




JUL 09

The New Adelphi Club

Hull, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUL 10

The F Word

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUL 12

Eccles Town Hall

Eccles, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUL 18

Green Note

London, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUL 21

Flower Pot

Derby, United Kingdom
(Donation based show)




JUL 25

The Hub at St Mary's

Lichfield, United Kingdom
(Farewell Lichfield hometown show)




JUL 26

Roman Lakes

Cheshire West and Chester, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)




JUL 27

Kitchen Garden Cafe

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Mayan ruins, Tiny Desk, UK tour, Merlefest!

With Guatemalan volcanoes in the rear-view and English shores on the horizon, we arrive back home, to North Carolina where the pines are still green and outside it’s pouring cats and dogs.

It’s been a while since we reached out, we’ve been so busy, as usual. We miss you!

Our month in Guatemala and Mexico, was filled with connection, seeing old friends and familiar places was amazing. We shot two official music videos, played a handful of shows, and booked our upcoming UK tour. Oh and we did get some traveling in! We made it to the Caribbean coast and back, and even got to see some new (to us) Mayan Ruins Yaxha.

We can’t wait to share these official music videos with you, the shoots were epic, and creating with these incredibly talented people was such an honor!

Here’s a sneek peek at some of the vibe.

On Monday, we entered the NPR Tiny Desk contest for a chance to win a session on their beloved channel (10.8 Million followers) it was down to the wire, with about an hour to spare before applications closed…

Watch our video here and wish us luck in the comments! (And make sure to like and subscribe, thanks!)

More exciting news! By special invitation, we will be competing in the MerleFest band competition (gasp) here in North Carolina! Our slot is on Saturday 26th April, get tickets here. AND our very own Mike Seal will be flying in from the UK to join us for the competition along with a string of NC shows before we all hop back over the pond for a UK tour late May - late July.

Full dates below, more to be added. We’ll be announcing to the public soon, catch us while you can!

We know there is quite a storm brewing, we hope that you are all finding ways to take care of yourselves and each other as it rages. It’s a tricky time for a lot of people and we have to keep on moving through it. Our music is here for healing, our music is calling out for a brighter future, together. And when moments of calm are hard to come by, music is a great medicine.

See you down the line,


Alicia and Robert
A Different Thread

All upcoming concerts (click venue links for info and tickets)

FEB 13

Boxyard RTP

Durham County, NC


FEB 14

Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe

Chapel Hill, NC


FEB 20

Boxyard RTP

Durham County, NC


FEB 27

Boxyard RTP

Durham County, NC


MAR 06

Eno House - A Campus of Union Grove UMC

Hillsborough, NC


APR 13

Chatt Hills Presents: A Different Thread + The Wilder Flower

Asheville, NC


APR 22

Flat Iron

Greensboro, NC


APR 25

MerleFest 2025

Wilkesboro, NC


MAY 01 05

Shakori Hills 2025

Pittsboro, NC


MAY 03

Haw River Fest 2025

Graham, NC


MAY 22

Lewes Con Club (support from Erika Olson)

Lewes, United Kingdom


MAY 24

A Different Thread LIVE in Lichfield

Lichfield, United Kingdom


MAY 28

A DIfferent Thread at What's Cookin'

London, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


MAY 29

A Different Thread Live at Fishery Warf

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom


JUN 06

The King Arthur

Glastonbury, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUN 07

Tangled Roots 2024

Timsbury, United Kingdom


JUN 11

Llantrisant Folk Club

Pontyclun, United Kingdom
(Cash only on the door)


JUN 13

Magic Lantern - Llusern Hud

Tywyn, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUN 14

STORI Beer and Wine Cyf

Bala, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUN 15

The Nest Cafe Bar Restaurant

Thurstaston, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUN 17

The Bell Inn

Bath, United Kingdom
FREE ENTRY! Limited space


JUN 21

Stonehenge Solstice Festival 2025

Winterbourne Stoke, United Kingdom


JUL 02

Biddulph Up In Arms

Biddulph, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUL 03

Cafe#9

Sheffield, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUL 04

Cafe#9

Sheffield, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon, yes we are playing twice due to complaints from those who couldn’t get a ticket!)


JUL 05- 06

Not a Cult Festival 2025

Malvern, United Kingdom


JUL 08

The Crooked Billet Inn & Kitchen

Owston Ferry, United Kingdom
(Hosted by Peet Jackson, donations based show)


JUL 09

The New Adelphi Club

Hull, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUL 10

The F Word

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUL 12

Eccles Town Hall

Eccles, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUL 18

Green Note

London, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUL 21

Flower Pot

Derby, United Kingdom
(Donation based show)


JUL 25

The Hub at St Mary's

Lichfield, United Kingdom
(Farewell Lichfield hometown show)


JUL 26

Roman Lakes

Cheshire West and Chester, United Kingdom
(Tickets coming soon)


JUL 27

Kitchen Garden Cafe

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Back in North Carolina

As we entered the subway on Vernon boulevard, a cheer rang out in the street. The New York Marathon is today. There’s a party in the streets but we’re headed down to the greyhound station, deep underground in Manhattan. The UK tour is over. We’re southward bound for Raleigh, North Carolina and then home to our tiny house in Chapel Hill.

We’re tired and sore, and road-weary, yet our hearts are filled with gratitude. The Patchwork Tour was an epic three month slog of over 35 gigs! Simultaneously we finished recording our new album, shot a music video, and raised $20k through our kickstarter camping. Yeah it’s been a helluva trip.

As we make the long trek south it’s hard to think of anything other than the loss and devastation in western North Carolinas. The loss of lives and livelihoods, homes and businesses, is heartbreaking. It’s going to be a long road to recovery and we are seeking ways to use some of our shows as fundraisers. If you know of anyone looking to have some live music at their fundraiser please put us in touch! Our next gig is this Friday at Cane Creek Farm, near Saxapahaw, NC, it’s a pass the hat and we’re donating all our profits to Beloved Asheville.

Please join us and give what you can! RSVP here.

Although this is a homecoming of sorts, we’ll be in and out of NC for the next few months. Throughout all this we are hard at work on the new album, booking shows for 2025 (US and UK) and laying down the groundwork for fulfilling our Kickstarter rewards!

If you’re in NYC you can catch us selling Christmas trees in Fort Greene, Brooklyn from the 24th of November, right up to Christmas Eve! We’ll be on the corner of Myrtle and Vanderbilt in Brooklyn, and would love a hot drink and a chat! And if you’re in Mexico City or Guatemala in January, rumour has it we’ll be hanging out, shooting some music videos, playing some shows, and catching up with old friends down that way in the New Year.

Autumn is often a time of reflection, and as we come up on the anniversary of Robert entering the USA with his Green Card there’s a lot to be grateful for. Here’s to many more years of adventure together! And spending more and more time in our beloved NC.

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Kickstarter complete!

Our UK tour is winding down, how wild is that? The time has flown by. As the autumn winds set in, our first weekend in the UK back at Green Gathering in August feels like a distant dream.

We have had so many incredible shows this time around, some of our favourite gigs are the ones we got to share the stage with other talented artists! From the The Old England in Bristol with Holly Carter back in August, to The New Adelphi in Hull with Curtis Eller’s American Circus (shout out to NC musicians!) to all the ones in between it has been such an honour! And for all of you who have supported the tour by coming out to gigs, sending us words of encouragement, helping us reach our Kickstarter goal, and sharing our music far and wide: THANK YOU!

We only have a few more gigs before we head stateside, catch us while you can:

OCT 18 BRIGHTON/HOVE, The Bee’s Mouth

OCT 20 CAMDEN, LONDON, Green Note

OCT 25 LICHFIELD, The Hub St. Mary’s (this is our official Lichfield show)

OCT 26 ECCLES, MANCHESTER, Eccle’s Town Hall with support from Casey Ridley-Birks

We are in the mixing stage for the new album and these songs are sounding epic y’all! We have so much to be grateful for, everyone who has put us up, all the talented acts we have played with, and every act of kindness along the way! We are already daydreaming about our return in late May. If there is a UK town/venue you are hoping we will come to in 2025, please get in touch soon, the bookings are already rolling in! And if you are in the UK and planning a party that needs live music between late May and late July, let us know.

As excited as we are to be returning to North Carolina, we know that there will be work to be done when we get back. As many of you may know Western North Carolina was struck by a category 4 hurricane a few weeks ago. This was in the mountains, 300 miles inland at over 2,000 ft altitude.

Flooding and landslides of this caliber (of anywhere near this caliber) are unheard of for this area. They were not prepared, and they had no way of knowing that they had to prepare for anything of this magnitude. Our hearts have been aching for Western NC and we have already donated to several organizations as well as individuals (including my cousin William who has lost his livelihood/farm and is in the difficult process of rebuilding) and we are urging you to do the same if you are able.

Here’s a list of organizations we know and trust: Day One Relief, BeLoved Asheville, PODER Emma, Asheville Survival Program / Mutual Aid Disaster Relief.

If you feel inclined to give directly to cousin William and his wife Marie to get their organic farm Bluebird Farm back up and running, here’s their gofundme.

Alicia & Robert