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Miraculous Mule has been whipping audiences into a frenzy since forming in the latter part of 2010. The band features former Dream City Film Club front-man and solo artist Michael J Sheehy, who describes Miraculous Mule as "...a group of Anglo-Irish honkys who dig African-American Gospel, prison/work songs and Hillbilly music."

They are a four piece with three lead singers; Sheehy, Alex Louise Petty (who has previously sung with Bronzerat artist Gemma Ray), and Patrick McCarthy (Sheehy's brother and longtime collaborator), who also plays the bass and, along with drummer Ian Burns, provides a driving rhythm section.

Sheehy says: "We may be lapsed Catholics, agnostics and non-believers who have all stumbled into Hell's ditch, but we sincerely believe in the redemptive power of this music and how it makes us and our audiences feel. Our only mission is to move you!"

Their self-titled debut mini-album is a rich mix of reinterpretations, such as "Prettiest Train" and "No More My Lord", which they have adapted from Alan Lomax's field recordings; traditional Gospel songs, "I Know I've Been Changed" and "Run On" ; a vicious reworking of Chuck Berry's "Downbound Train", and a spine-tingling funky version of traditional folk song "Wayfaring Stranger".