Mutual Friends, by pop-songstress duo Boy, is smooth and sweet; ‘This Is The Beginning’, ‘July’ and ‘Army’ are warm and pleasant, worthy of a true boyband ballad, but their sound gathers life and force with ‘Little Numbers’, which has much…
Interview | Introducing… Nimmo and the Gauntletts
Formed by school friends Sarah Nimmo and Reva Gauntlett, this five-piece multi-instrumental band talked to FFS about their music. With their recent EP “Young Light” produced by Communion’s infamous Ian Grimble, we’re pretty sure NATGs are the ones to watch;…
Album | Beachwood Sparks – The Tarnished Gold
It has been 11 dismal years since Sub Pop’s Beachwood Sparks released their last full-length album, and an awful lot has changed in the dreamy world of alt-country in that time. Long before Fleet Foxes, and when Vetiver was a…
Interview | Introducing…Changing Horses
From out of England Richard Birtill and Francesca Cullen have taken flight as Changing Horses, recording their debut record in Nashville with Chris Donahue, a man who can list Emmylou Harris and Elvis Costello on his resume. It’s been a…
EP | The Allah-Las – Tell Me
I’m pretty responsive to any band with the label ‘psychedelic garage surf’ so it didn’t take long to get into the debut EP from Californians the Allah-Las. And ten listens later I am still captivated by this record. While psychedelic…
Album | Ali Marcus – Americana Hotel
With her eighth album Americana Hotel, the first since 2009’s Great Migration, Ali Marcus is putting the emphasis on storytelling. From the opener, ‘The Ballad of Helen and Bernie’, which tells the tale of Marcus’ grandparents eloping amidst the struggles…