Venice-born and London-based, IAKO has a deep appreciation of quiet and loud. On his debut EP he uses a rich blend of folk and ambient sounds to explore the contrasts between the bustling life of the British capital and the…
Premiere | IAKO – Paint
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Video premiere | Panteon – January Keeper (Live Session)
Movement is important to Yvonne Ambrée. Born behind the wall in East Berlin, she knows better than most about the meaning of boundaries and borders. Under the name Panteon, she makes music which aims to break down such barriers, inspired…
Video premiere | Alela Diane – Moves Us Blind
Alela Diane’s fifth record Cusp is her best to date. A touching reflection on motherhood, it tackles the complex topics of family and relationships. It is filled with moments of pure beauty, among them the rumination on the passage of…
Premiere | Linda Vogel – Isis & Osiris
We’ve discovered a new drug. We’re not yet sure of its name, but it’s delivered through the fingers and the voice of harp-extraordinaire Linda Vogel. The Swiss is following up her debut EP with a new single ‘Isis & Osiris’,…
Video Premiere | Ben Noble – Little One (Living Room Session)
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: a songwriter from the American Midwest who retreated to a cabin to record his debut album. Yeah, you’re probably thinking about Bon Iver right now. But shift your sights from Wisconsin to…
Video Premiere | Kinbom & Kessner – With The Beetles
Kinbom & Kessner did not look too far for the inspiration for ‘With The Beetles’, the title track from their new record due out this summer. In fact, all they did was looked out the window of their Berlin studio,…
Premiere | Ivan Moult – Carried Over Water
Ivan Moult’s Longest Shadow is no ordinary break-up album. It spans the complete arch, from the first spark of romance to the bitter recriminations and pain that comes when it falls apart. Moult tackles all of this with his trademark…
Video premiere | Paul Aiden – Ticket To The Moon
After making his name as half of dance duo Chimes, and working as a songwriter for a string of artists for the likes of Universal, Island and EMI, Paul Aiden has struck out on his own. His first ever release,…
Premiere | Mitch Rivers – Easy Way Out
Mitch Rivers’ biography describes him as a “roving, restless man” and straight away you can hear that in ‘Easy Way Out’, the bright and breezy new single taken from his upcoming debut album which is due this spring. Carried by…
Exclusive | Listen to Bird in the Belly’s debut album with a track-by-track guide
We’ve already heard a few teasers of Bird in the Belly’s debut album thanks to the beautiful session they recorded for us here at FFS, but now we can bring you the entire thing a day early – plus the…