If the name Clara Luzia doesn’t immediately mean much to you, you’re probably not alone on these shores. But in her native Austria, she’s something of a fixture as she returns with this, her fifth album. In 2008, after two…
#16 Sparrow & The Workshop – Shock Shock
Yesterday’s song of the day showcased Just Handshakes’ progression from folksy openings to an altogether heavier beast, and its a path that has already been taken by Sparrow & The Workshop. Their latest single ‘Shock Shock’ comes on soundcloud with…
Album | Mount Moriah – Miracle Temple
While many look down on country as an antiquated genre, meant for tapping cowboy boots and grizzly ranchers (though of course not here at FFS), Mount Moriah, with Miracle Temple, might well have created an album with just enough country…
#15 Just Handshakes – London Bound
Just Handshakes, it seems, are on the move. And we’re not just taking the name of their latest single as a sign. The Leeds band look to have dropped the ‘(We’re British)’ part of their name for something less regionalistic…
#14 Three Blind Wolves – In Here Somewhere
Three Blind Wolves showed us a wide range of influences and styles on their 2011 mini-album The Sound of the Storm. From surf rook to Celtic folk to blasting rock to hippy-dippy hand-clapping (a good thing, I’ll always say), these…
#13 Scowlin Owl – Mifune
Mifune by Scowlin Owl from Scowlin Owl on Vimeo. London-based four-piece Scowlin Owl tell us they sing songs “about the 2011 tsunami, creepy preachers, frozen cavemen, the Japanese John Wayne, the childlike love of waterslides and what Dolly Parton’s Jolene…