Category: Records

Album | Explosions in the Sky – The Wilderness

Since 1999, Explosions in the Sky have refined a formula without sounding formulaic. Now, after five years working on three soundtracks, they return with an LP that sounds remarkably like….Explosions in the Sky! The band trades on the ecstatic moment…

Listen | case/lang/veirs share new track ‘Best Kept Secret’

With the upcoming release of their eponymous debut record case/lang/veirs, these three titans of modern alternative folk have shared ‘Best Kept Secret’, a slice of orchestral beauty. Breezy and bright, the track is a homage to L.A, and is destined…

EP | Laish – Song For Everything

In last week’s on FFS Artist Blog, Danny Green aka Laish, gave us some insight on his upcoming release, Pendulum Swing. I can confidently say that the EP Song For Everything and the titular single will satiate you while you…

Album | Radical Face – The Family Tree: The Leaves

Ben Cooper doesn’t appear to be an artist bereft of ideas. As well as musical genealogy projects (more of which in a moment) he’s a visual artist, runs a digital design company and is a member of bands Electric President,…

Album | Aidan Moffat – Where You’re Meant to Be

In May 2014, former Arab Strap frontman and songwriter Aidan Moffat decided to make a film set out on a tour of his homeland of Scotland to explore the country’s past by rewriting, updating and touring its oldest songs. Along…

Album | Eric Bachmann – Eric Bachmann

In this eponymously-titled album Eric Bachmann has made a conscious break from his previous post-Archers of Loaf project Crooked Fingers and produced what he describes as the most raw and honest record of his career. But don’t let that mislead…

Album | Glenn Jones – The Fleeting

American Primitive recalls a certain style of guitar playing popularised by the likes of John Fahey and Robbie Basho. Glenn Jones has more than a fleeting knowledge of the two having toured with, and produced live discs for both artists.…

Album | Emmy The Great – Second Love

“Love, love, love…love is the answer.” So sings Emmy the Great on the fourth track of this, her third album. It’s a familiar statement. Reassuring. Sweetly delivered. Beautifully rendered. Oh…there’s more…”But I’m a comfortable liar,” she adds. A sting in…

Album | Folly & The Hunter – Awake

Awake is without a doubt the most fitting name for Folly & the Hunter’s latest album. The incomparably gorgeous title track is deserving of a review itself. The track features swelling strings and an upbeat piano riff, uncharacteristic of Folly…