Having been a keen follower of the Scandinavian music scene for a few years now, I sincerely hoped that Treefight For Sunlight’s self titled debut could hold it’s own against some of the recent output from the region. Thankfully this…
Album: Hannah Peel – The Broken Wave
Since making its first appearance on her Tra Mhor EP, The Almond Tree, which opens Hannah Peel’s excellent debut album The Broken Wave, has acquired some beefy percussion, a swaggering bass line and some Grandaddy-esque beepy synthesiser arpeggios. It’s quite…
Album: The Gentle Good – Tethered for the Storm
Cardiff’s Gareth Bonello draws on a variety of influences and two languages on this follow-up to his 2008 debut album While You Slept I Went Out Walking. An equally redolent title this time around points to tranquility, just what is…
Belle and Sebastian release new single – announce live dates
Belle & Sebastian got most of us at FFS through our teenage years, so there’ll always be a very special place in our hearts for them. Especially if they keep releasing tunes as good as the one you can listen to…
Singles: Admiral Fallow, Toy Horses & Dry The River
Admiral Fallow – These Barren Years Somehow managing to please both nu-folkies and drive-time rock lovers, Admiral Fallow’s new single sings of life in Scottish schools with all the brashness, insecurities and melancholy that come with such a package. “Line…
Album: Joan as a Policewoman – The Deep Field
The Deep Field is the fourth album from Joan as Police Woman (Joan Wasser); a lady with lots of musical friends, who has sang with the likes of Rufus Wainwright but deserves more than to be always mentioned for who…