Until the Earth Begins to Part is the debut album from Edinburgh indie bunch Broken Records, not that you would be able to tell from listening to it. Featuring an assortment of country instruments gives the album an air of professionalism, not to mention a beautiful folky feel.
Author: Lynn Roberts
Lynn founded For Folk's Sake in 2008. Her favourite artists are Joni Mitchell, The Leisure Society and The Mountain Goats. She plays keyboards in Joe Innes & the Cavalcade.
FFS Recommends: Kurran and the Wolfnotes
Kurran and the Wolfnotes are an exciting bunch. After just a handful of live shows they’d set the blogosphere alight and industry tongues wagging. So much so that just five months after their conception, the band decided to cancel their gigs, take a month off and polish their live show to make damn sure they lived up to the ever-swelling hype surrounding them. For Folk’s Sake caught up with them ahead of their first post-hiatus performance, at which their upbeat harmony-laden folk-rock set even the most reluctant of scenester toes a-tapping. We couldn’t be more excited to bring you the first of two instalments of this, their first ever interview. Ladies and Gents, Kurran and the Wolfnotes.
Secret Laura Marling show tonight will be her last London gig for three months
Fresh off the back of her tour with US folk star Andrew Bird, Laura Marling is to play a secret show at the newly launched Flowerpot Cafe in Camden, London.
Sad Day For Puppets
Sad Day For Puppets are Swedish indie-popsters known for delighting us with melodic, shoe-gazing inspired melodies. Their debut record was released on Sonic Cathedral, which has also released tracks by Maps, M83 and the School of Seven Bells. We Say:…
Album Review: The Wave Pictures – If You Leave It Alone
The quality of offerings hinted at in each of The Wave Pictures’ previous albums was finally attained in their last album Instant Coffee Baby. It was well-rounded and ram-packed full of handclaps, catchy guitar riffs and the distinctive vocals of lead singer David Tattersall. If You Leave It Alone once again exemplifies all the skill and wit of a band that are surely on the verge of a breakthrough.
Single Review: Soy Un Caballo/Tunng – Robin
Soy Un Caballo’s Robin gets the experimental folk treatment by Tunng on this split single release featuring both the cover and original version.
Single Review: Arthur Delaney – Darling/Dance of Fools
The fact that Delaney is only 19 years old hasn’t stopped him creating a fantastic debut single in the shape of double A-side “Darling”/”Dance of Fools”. Overall the single is upbeat and both tracks find a cohesion in their trundling rhythm and pastoral atmosphere that take the listener down memory lane.
Single Review: Au Revoir Simone – Shadows
Au Revoir Simone’s new single is many things; a massive change of direction it is not.
Nevertheless, this product of their precise, understated disco pop machine proves more than impressive. The sinister, hypnotic background bass and darting keyboards which urgently drive Shadows notably set the scene, while effortless vocals drift eerily over the top.
Single Review: Duke Special – Sweet Sweet Kisses
Duke Special is Peter Wilson. So what’s so special about him, aside from his dreadlocks and bus-stop “hobo-chic”?
Well, Sweet Sweet Kisses is brimming with numerous orchestral instruments which wouldn’t go amiss in a musical. Add to this a powerful voice, sincerely charismatic, but slightly overwhelming in the company of the understated harps, flutes and piano.
Single Review: Poppy and the Jezebels – Rhubarb and Custard
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover and that’s certainly the case with this song. The seven second introduction doesn’t do it much justice but once you’ve got stuck in it’s a different story.