We Are The Willows’ second long-player starts sweetly enough, and retains that sense of lovable wonder for its entire duration. This six-piece, who flit between guitar and string sounds while interchanging vocal duties, produce pop-folk with a dash of classic.…
Violet Woods by Violet Woods Violet Woods’ debut effortlessly bursts from the blocks. The jangly sixties-style lead guitar and dreamy lead vocals are an immediate step back in time – into a mystery land. Opener ‘Electric Fascination’ is a little…
The clarity of Laura Moody’s debut album record is stunning. A lady and her cello – she sings, she plucks, she caresses the strings with heavenly love from her bow, through her arms and body the two are lovers. It’s…
Spirits by French for rabbits Several things are obvious over the course of French For Rabbits’ debut record. It’s a lovely little thing that shows off the ethereal/dreamy vocals of the lead singer Brooke and the multi-faceted skills of the…
It seems a long time now since the first encounter with Mr Ottewell. Back in the late 90’s Gomez came from nowhere with two great early albums before never quite hitting those early heights again, though they continue as a…
Greylag’s debut album knows its influences and wears them on its sleeve. Hailing from Portland, Oregon the band has a love of some of the most prominent American melodic guitar based pop folk, both old and new. This first record…
Vashti Bunyan’s more than 30-year absence from popular music was almost as epic as Bill Fay’s. His numbered 41 years between albums. Vashti returned in 2005, 35 years after her debut record. These are certainly facts and cases worth examining.…
It can’t be easy being the drummer in Radiohead, especially when releasing a solo album and hoping to be taken seriously. So, four years on from his eventual debut solo outing comes Philip Selway’s follow-up, Weatherhouse. It might not even…
The almost Joy Division-esque opening to Haley Bonar’s Last War is odd. It soon settles you as Bonar’s pleasant but not life-altering voice breaks the uncertainty. The cover of this record is perhaps the most brutal part, and seems to…
A slow violin bow moving, a piano dropping notes like rain and it’s a spellbinding introduction to Wooden Arms’ new EP. Then come the haunting backing vocals before a stunning and maudlin voice effortlessly glides through the fascinating instrumentation. By…