For a city still tied intrinsically to its grunge history, Seattle might soon find itself identified as a centre of folk-pop. Fleet Foxes and Band of Horses are at the forefront, of course, but somewhere just behind them are the…
News | Darren Hayman releases ‘The Shit Piano’
FFS favourite Darren Hayman has released The Shit Piano a re-recording of his recent album The Ship’s Piano – which our Tom Moyser called “slow, delicate, piano-led, romantic, nostalgic and whimsical. And, above all else, brilliant.” – in just one day and using only Casio keyboards.
Darren said: “I tried to use the limitation of the Casios to find new and interesting readings of the songs. The album definitely isn’t ‘shit’ on purpose.”
News | Daytrotter becomes paid service, teams with Communion
We’re huge fans of streaming website, Daytrotter at FFS, they make recordings that quite often sound better than the bands’ albums. Very excitingly, they’ve teamed up with Communion Records (started by Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons and Kev Jones)…
News | Richard Hawley unveils new album plans
Richard Hawley will release his first studio album in three years this coming May in the form of Standing At The Sky’s Edge, and he’s promising a major change in direction. Where 2009’s Truelove’s Gutter was sparse and nakedly beautiful,…
News | Andrew Butler to release February 14th EP
Fans of FFS’s long-running New Bands Panel (which is getting an overhaul very soon – stay tuned) should remember Andrew Butler, who got a going over from our panel way back in September 2010. What we found then was a…
News | Veronica Falls unveil new track ‘My Heart Beats’
Veronica Falls are back. Although it’s less than six months since their debut album was released, the band have already got a new song for us as they returned this week with ‘My Heart Beats’. They’ve wasted no time at…