Anne Marie Almedal’s Memory Lane is stunning from start to finish. For those of you who love nothing more than listening to folk at its most rustic and quaint, then look no further than this record. Blending the sounds of…
#112 John Edward Baumann – Bible Belt
West Texas Vernacular by John Edward Baumann Sweet, sweet country music. Real proper barroom blues. From out of Austin, Texas comes John Edward Baumann, a man of witty lyrics, killer hooks, and impressive facial hair. His debut EP West Texas…
Album | Quickbeam – Quickbeam
Quickbeam’s debut album is all about gentle melodies and lush strings. Although the vocals of both Monika Gromek and Andrew Thomson carry these songs, it is the strings that bring them to life, that make you know the debut album…
#111 Matt Corby – Resolution
This might be a first for the FFS Song of the Day – Matt Corby hit the big time in his native Australia after appearing on the country’s version of Pop Idol. You’ll struggle to find any similarities to Will…
Album | Tom Odell – Long Way Down
I was quite excited for this release, having highly commended Odell’s EP, Songs for Another Love, back in late 2012. That was a promising four-track sampler of the sensitive heartbreak tunes to come – both stomping piano heavy numbers and…
#110 Gibson Bull – Skin & Bones
FFS favourite Gibson Bull is readying another EP but, conscious that the likes of us are already getting impatient to hear it in full, he’s gone ahead and released the title track. It’s remarkable to hear how much his sound…