Here are some interesting facts about Ásgeir : 1 in 10 Icelanders own a copy of his debut album, Dýrð í dauðaþögn; it is Iceland’s biggest-selling debut album ever; his songs are based on the poems of his poet-dad; John Grant helped…
Laura McGarrigle, or Gaze is Ghost, is an Irish singer-songwriter based in Cambridge, by way of Paris, India and Sweden. A crafter of beautiful, multi-instrumental, genre-blending folk, she reminds us of French innovator Camille, or experimental composer Sasha Siem. We…
Regular FFS readers will already be familiar with Brighton quartet House of Hats, whose EP Rivers Will Run we loved back in 2012. Then we described their music as soft and soothing, and the same is definitely true here with…
Back in the 90s there was a recurring advert that went: “You know more [insert artist name] songs than you think you do.” It was easy to be put in mind of this frankly slightly low-wattage slogan when following the…
Sometimes a CD wings its way through your post box that makes you stop and listen. Like – really stop and listen. Johanna Glaza’s debut EP, Silence is Kind – delightfully wrapped in layers of thick paper and lace – is one…
Happy Laura Marling’s birthday everyone! It’s seems unnecessary to detail exactly what we love about Marling at this point – if you don’t know that already, you’re just not paying attention. Instead we will just present you with this, the…