From the opening notes of the frantic opening single, Sing Unto Me, the Moulettes sophomore release The Bear’ Revenge sweeps you up into a world of traditional sounds made suddenly fresh. Georgina Leach’s stunning violin playing, Hannah Miller’s cello, banjos,…
News | Kathryn Williams & The Pond offer to play in fans’ front rooms
Kathryn Williams & The Pond really want you to sign up for their mailing list. To demonstrate just how keen they are, the band are running a special competition, offering a lucky handful of the newly registered the chance to…
Album | Lawrence Arabia – The Sparrow
Lawrence Arabia, the moniker chosen by Kiwi James Milne, returns with a fantastic new album entitled The Sparrow. Previous album Look Like A Fool hinted at a Beck esque approach in his low-fi production effects but underlying this was a…
Album | Firefly Burning – Lightships
Firefly Burning remind me of Dirty Projectors in their musicianship and clear intention to do genre-bending things; sparks of piano, strings, metallic gamelan percussion and choral voices make this album implacably weird. Their experiments don’t always come off; songs self-sabotage…
Album | Annie Dressner – Strangers Who Knew Each Other’s Names
Annie Dressner’s debut album begins with ‘Fly‘, the premise of which is familiar enough – young adulthood as a kind of flight – but it feels fresh. Her sound has the atmosphere of a teenage film, veering from poppy to…
EP | Al Lewis – Our Lines Remain
Following on from last year’s In The Wake, North Wales singer-songwriter Al Lewis is preparing for the release of the follow-up later this year and has delivered the first taste in the shape of Our Lines Remain, a lovely little…