Sometimes you just need to be moody, introspective – sad, even. This is where Alexander Wolfe comes in, purveyor of what has been described as ‘doom-folk’. We’re not sure ‘doom’ quite covers it – first album, Morning Brings A Flood…
Interview | Introducing…Toliesel
There are gorgeous vocals, melodies and shoe-gazing aplenty to be found in ‘The Light’, the new single from Oxford indie-folk band, Toliesel. Having fallen in love with the mournful yet not miserable guitar riff on this beautiful slice of melancholia,…
Brian’s Mixtape | London
Dear readers, I feel we have already discussed the fact that I am not the sporting sort of owl. While at school I was far more likely to be found rifling through the rafters of the music cupboard than in…
EP | Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker – Homemade Heartache
It’s been a good year for Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker. Following on from their 2011 sophomore album Seas Are Deep, the duo found themselves in Bristol, picking up the Isambard Folk Award. It’s an interesting development then that, after…
EP | The Paper Shades – Where You Lay
First and foremost, what grabs you when a Paper Shades song strikes up is the beauty of the harmonies between Sarah Dollar and Jon Rixon. It’s not a sound that’s going to get old in a hurry, and as soon…
Interview | Introducing Foreign Fields
We are Foreign Fields. A duo from Wisconsin who decided to represent a year of their lives in the form of an album. We tend to blend the musical genres that inspire us most, folk, classical, and electronic. We now play out as a group of 5 guys trying to achieve the most emotionally true performance that we can.