The name If You Leave could suggest either anxiety or a threat, and this record’s songs explore fear in a very honest way, crawling inside the coccoons of anaemic, unready creatures, pulling them out, and putting them in the light. This does not make for a comfortable ride: “I’m sorry if I smothered you...
Fans of indie folk and long-term planning, today is your lucky day: Daughter have announced a UK tour for October. While Elena Tonra’s London-based three-piece have a pretty hectic touring schedule in the pipeline following the release of their debut album, If You Leave, in a couple of weeks, only a handful of those...
For some bands, as the venues they play in grow in size as does their confidence, but this doesn’t seem to be the case for Daughter. The Hackney Empire was their biggest headline show to date and they were obviously nervous. Anyway, the audience wasn’t there to hear the band speak (as Elena Tonra...
Having been a big fan of these guys for a while now, FFS are thrilled to announce the news of Daughter’s new and debut album, “If You Leave”, due for release on March 18th 3013, via 4AD Records (and April 13th in N.America via Glassnote Records). If You Leave was recorded by the London-based...
Bushstock. Bushstock Bushstock Bushstock is all we’ve been hearing for the last few weeks, and the run up to last weekend was just as exciting as the day itself. Run by Communion Records (home to Ben Howard, Daughter, Michael Kiwanuka and co), it’s the first festival of it’s kind, one which delivers pure, wonderful...
One of Team FFS’s favourite festivals, Bushstock, have just unveiled their final lineup announcements before the big day on June 2nd. These include Mystery Jets, Bastille, Fink, Let’s Buy Happiness and Mahalia, among others. Run by the wonderful Communion Label (Daughter, Marcus Foster, Pete Roe), this one day festival, based around four venues in...
Ned Younger, aka Monument Valley, is busy telling stories. A slow burn telecaster weaver of words, a lo-fi talker, a tender heart exposed. He’s been playing for a couple of years, making EP’s, taking photographs, all of which can be found on his beautifully minimal blog at monumentvalley.co.uk His new single, ‘Your Cover Blown’, captures...
Communion records have announced the release of a brand new compilation titled “New Faces”. Being the brainchild of Ben Lovett (Mumford and Sons), Kevin Jones and Ian Grimble, Communion have been putting on monthly shows of their favourite up and coming artists for over 3 years now, in locations such as London, Manchester, Leeds...
So this isn’t exactly news ‘hot off the press’, but in case you hadn’t already heard, Communion records have begun what they call a “Communion Weekly”. For the last five weeks, Communion have been sending subscribers a small dose of what they’ve been up to. Every week, this includes a ‘Track of the Week’...
“The phenomenon that is Ben Howard” is a pretty common headline we’ve been hearing and seeing over the last few months, and with that in mind I’m rather unsure of where to start. I luckily happened upon a ticket to the gig a few weeks back and have been counting the days until last...
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