Like a lot of the folk revival album of the last decade, Tripper sounds very 1970s. It’s gentle, toe-tapping pace, its use of twinkling and sweeping major chords and warm pianos, is reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac or Crosby, Stills, Nash…
Album | The Fruit Tree Foundation – First Edition
It’s hard to make a good indie rock album. Harder still if you’re a band of mostly folk musicians plonked in a house together for only five days. And yet, here on this splendid fourteen track album, First Edition, Scottish…
Singles round-up | Lucy Rose, The Lost Cavalry, We Aeronauts, Anja McCloskey
Lucy Rose – Middle of the Bed What a stylishly simple debut single we have here from Lucy Rose. She’s come along way from busking on the streets of London, playing open mic nights, gigging in bars and eventually coming…
News | The Leisure Society to support Laura Marling on Cathedral tour
In a dreamy turn of events, the Leisure Society have announced they will be supporting Laura Marling on her sold out Cathedral tour this autumn. The band have postponed their own headline tour, which was scheduled for October, until February. London-based fans…
Album | Rachael Dadd – Bite The Mountain
I first became aware of Rachael Dadd last year, when she visited York alongside close friend, regular touring partner and FFS favourite Alessi’s Ark and the pair captivated a fairly large crowd in a very small venue. This is, of…
News | Vostok 5: Darren Hayman contributes to space exhibition
FFS favourite Darren Hayman has contributed songs and drawings to a London exhibition Vostok 5, on People and Animals in Space. Hefner frontman Hayman has teamed up with Duncan Barrett of Tigercats, Robert Rotifer, Sarah Lippett and Paul Raines from…