Long-time FFS readers will no doubt remember Gibson Bull (AKA Tom), who wowed us all with his outstanding songwriting and Americana stylings some time ago. Well, we have good news and good news. The good news is that he’s back,…
Combining elements of Americana, psychedelia and an unmistakable tinge of Manchester grit, Douga go to great lengths to get their sound just right. Which is why you might have found them crouched in a stairwell or packing themselves into a…
Dan Michaelson, this time minus the Coastguards, returns with his new solo album First Light on December 8. We heard the first single ‘Old Kisses’ last month, and now bring you the premiere of the lush opening track ‘Careless’. With…
After he piled up critical acclaim for his debut album Blood Moon last year, it was suggested to M. Craft that he put out an instrumental version of Blood Moon to highlight the beauty of the piano-led arrangements. But that…
‘Wintersun’ is, Paul Mosley says, ‘an exercise in smart-arse time signatures’. That may well be true, but you don’t need to know that to appreciate this moving tale of unrequited love. With rich harmonies and sweeping saxophone, the third track…
This week the Barr Brothers’ new record Queens of the Breakers hits the shelves – the long-awaited follow-up to 2014’s Sleeping Operator. Plenty has happened to the band in the intervening three years, leading them to take a whole new…
The Deportees have been working on their debut album for three years, and now there’s only three weeks left until it arrives. The Aberdeen five-piece will release The Birth of Industry on November 3, with the album billed as an…
“It’s difficult for me to get across to you all how joyous this is for all of us.” Matthew E. White, bedecked in a dark suit and with his flowing locks constrained in a bun, almost shyly leans into the…
When Matthew E. White and his cohorts founded Spacebomb Records six years ago they had a vision but no roadmap – or at least not an up-to-date one. The concept was old-fashioned – a studio and record label that came…
As we’ve basked in these balmy days of summer weather, there’s been an undeniable itch to break out of the office and go for a frolic in the countryside. It seems Martha Tilston also had that itch as that’s exactly…