In the works since 2017, this four-track EP sees the eponymous twin frontwomen from FFS favourites The Frisbys take their first steps as a duo. Playing every instrument bar drums and electric guitar/bass themselves alongside their well-established and beautiful vocal…
In the first few days of 2021, the two-piece London band Native Harrow – Stephen harms and Devin Tuel – moved to Brighton, on the south coast of England, living at the top of a crumbling, regency building and decided…
Everyone has had an excess of time for introspection over the last few years, and none more so than a musician without an outlet. Paul Thomas Saunders has not released an album in eight years, much of which he has…
Assorted Orchids’ ‘High Tide’ paints a picture with dulled blues and grays. As autumn and winter make way, its plaintive ruminations make for a folk cut reflective of the season. T. McWilliams navigates the melancholic tune with a gorgeous subtlety,…
Ísafjörður must be a strange place to grow up. Almost six hours north of Reykjavik on the Westfjord peninsula of Iceland, it is a remote and dramatic landscape, one where tall mountains can block out the sun for several months…
Surprises come in many forms, but none in any finer or more beautiful shape than this release by Josienne Clarke. Recorded as a stop gap between last year’s amazing A Small Unknowable Thing and its companion EP I Promised You…
I’ve got an unsent greeting card sat on the side which reads “I heard you’ve been watching a lot of news lately so here’s a card with a comforting duck on it”. I’ve not sent it to anyone yet because…
Alela Diane’s sixth studio album was born in a storm – more than one, in fact. There was the thunderstorm in Mexico, which knocked out the power as Diane wrote the opening track ‘Paloma’. “In the black of night/I wouldn’t…
Centered in Tucson, members of the Craig Green Band come from across the States and even over the pond. Hailing from the Old Pueblo, but also Ohio, Seattle, and Germany, Green and company turn in compelling Americana like the best…
When Bonny Light Horseman – the band formed by songwriter Anais Mitchell, producer Josh Kaufman and the original Fruit Bat Eric D. Johnson – delivered their self-titled debut album in 2020 it was easy to imagine it was a one-off.…