indie folk
SEE: The Stockholm video for James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra’s ‘Ella Mary Leather’
AS THE year takes it final bows – mostly, you’d have to say, free from the tossing of bouquets, unless they’re dead black roses or somesuch – we at least have the joy of a soon-coming new album from Fife’s always warming James Yorkston, this time in tandem with The Second Hand Orchestra. The album’s …
Track: Another Michael reveal the beautiful indie folk of ‘I know you’re wrong’
Philadelphia indie folk three piece Another Michael have announced details of their new album ‘New Music and Big Pop’. It’s due out on 19th February via Run For Cover records, and is preceded by a new single ‘I know you’re wrong’, which the band have released with an accompanying RuneScape visual. It’s a beautiful slice …
Track: Benjamin Lazar Davis releases new track ‘What if I’
You may have picked up on Benjamin Lazar Davis from his 2018 debut ‘Nothing Matters’, an impressively carefree collection of contemporary song-writing, rhythmic heartbeats and lush musical landscapes. Or maybe you latched onto the surging electronic soul pop of his earlier ‘Let it be You’ collaboration with Joan Wasser (Joan As A Policewoman). Or you …
See: Ferris & Sylvester release live video for new single, ‘Knock You Down’
Ferris & Sylvester have released a live video for their new single ‘Knock You Down’, the latest song to be taken from their forthcoming EP ‘I Should Be On A Train’ out 2nd October via LAB Records. The live video is the second in a series filmed during lockdown at Streatham Space Project in London, and follows the release of the ‘I …
SEE: Fenne Lily releases new single ‘Berlin’
DEAD OCEANS’ newest signing, Bristol-based Fenne Lily, will release her new album Breach on September 18th. Today, she offers the defining moment on the record, “Berlin”, a careful, beautiful declaration celebrating comfort in being alone. Speaking on the single and the accompanying video, a lovely animation by Henry Dunbar, Lily states: “It reflects both the comfort and claustrophobia …
SEE: the sweetness of Emma Kupa’s ‘Hey Love’
Former singer with Sheffield cult indie heroes Standard Fare, in collaboration with Hefner man Darren Hayman in the Hayman Kupa Band, and in indie fizzbomb purveyors Mammoth Penguins, Emma Kupa has been absent from our ears over the past few years in her solo incarnation. Thankfully that gap in our musical lives is about to …
Track: Lianne La Havas – Can’t Fight And Announces Exclusive Worldwide Live Show From London Roundhouse July 15th
Soulful Lianne La Havas is back to fill our ears with joy with her new track ‘Cant Fight’, taken from her self titled album, due 17th July via Warner Music Group. Co-written and produced by Mura Masa – ‘Can’t Fight’ is a beautifully crafted ode to the push-pull of a relationship that is struggling to find its …
Track Toronto indie folk band Decoration Day release ‘Lanark County’
Taken from their forthcoming debut album Makeshift Future, Toronto folk band Decoration Day have released a new single, Lanark County. It’s described by guitarist and songwriter Justin Orok as a vision song. “It follows a kind of surreal dream logic,” says Justin. “The imagery comes out of this just-below-the-surface hostility I would feel when visiting idyllic …
TRACK: In Earnest’s ‘Put Me Under’ swoons in out of the darkness
SOUTHEND trio In Earnest have taken their bow in the world with a delicate, emotive single, “Put Me Under”. The band say the single “is an honest, personal account of depression and loneliness, aiming to encourage conversation around mental health”. It has a transatlantic folk-rock delicacy, with the vocals of front-couple Sarah and Thomas tracing …
Album Review: Nadine Shah – Kitchen Sink
Kitchen Sink follows up Nadine Shah’s Mercury Prize nominated 2017 album Holiday Destination which received critical acclaim including AIM Awards ‘Independent Album of the Year’, a #7 ‘Album of the Year’ from BBC 6 Music, #5 from The Quietus and more. Shah has always written important songs. With Holiday Destination she sang about the refugee …