Tag: Beach House

Album | Beach House – Depression Cherry

Beach House over its last two records cemented its reputation as an innovative and quirky, elegant and dreamlike indie pop duo. The act’s records seemed to get increasingly better up to the point of those two great albums. However, that,…

Vinyl | Our top albums for analog.am

When sister site of the Yellow Bird Project, analog.am approached us and asked us if we’d like to pick our favourite albums for an FFS-themed vinyl shelf, it was a foregone conclusion. There is nothing Team FFS likes more than…

Record Store Day | The FFS shopping guide

With over 400 special releases planned, this year’s will easily be the biggest Record Store Day to date. We can’t imagine such a huge array of vinyl will leave anyone short of ideas, but you might just be overwhelmed by…

News | Beach House announce new album and UK dates

Dreamy Baltimore duo Beach House have announced the release of their fourth album, Bloom. The record will be release on 14th May in the UK by Bella Union. Bloom was recorded last year at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas…

Brian’s Mixtape | Crazy Horses

Brian the playlist-making owl is home for 2012 and returning to For Folk's Sake

  Dear readers, My apologies for this playlist’s tardiness, for an owl likes to be prompt, but some distant cousins came to stay over the weekend and they caused too much carnage for me to turn a blind eye to…

WIN! Yellow Bird Project hoodies, t-shirts and lots more

Yellow Bird Project is a blimmin’ brilliant concept. They team up with great bands to make beautifully designed t-shirts, then sell them to raise money for the charity of the artist’s choice. YBP have collaborated with so many bands we…

Brian’s Mixtape #45: Brian’s Album Round-up 2010

It’s hardly news to FFS’s regular readers that Brian’s a pretty inconsistent character.  He flits about, willy-nilly, with little concern for the wellbeing of his mixtape devotees.  You might be relieved to hear that he’s turning over a new Horse…

Blog: Helen’s Album Round-up 2010

When I was an undergraduate we would sometimes play the ‘would you rather…’ game. Andy and Maggie play it in Extras (‘Would you rather be a penguin who’s a bird but can’t fly or a flying fish that’s a fish…

Interview: Wild Honey

The hottest thing to come out of Spain since Sangria, Wild Honey’s Guil talked to FFS about being a Spaniard in London, giving away Epic Handshakes and a Bear Hug for free, Beach House, Summer Camp and Spotify Playlists (he’s…