The new album from Portland-based Horse Feathers doesn’t deviate much from the beautiful, tightly constructed indie folk of their previous releases. Strings, guitars and banjo are layered below Justin Ringle’s soft vocals, with lyrics that create the blooming atmosphere of…
FFS New Bands Panel: Just Handshakes (We’re British)
Right off the bat, we can say about this Leeds four-piece that they have the best name of any act the New Bands Panel has yet listened to. But do they have the tunes to match? The panel dives in……
Album: Stars – The Five Ghosts
The Five Ghosts is a bit more electro-sci-fi-broadway-extravaganza than typical FFS fare, but these Canadian darlings have storytelling capabilities to rival the beardiest of banjo strummers. The subject matter of their musical tales ranges from the utterly everyday (lying in…
FFS New Bands Panel: Bitter Ruin
Brighton’s Bitter Ruin are made up of vocalist Georgia Train and guitarist Ben Richards, a pair whose apparently turbulent friendship drives the band’s music. They’ve already recorded their second album and are started to garner some more serious attention, so…
Bella Union announce Summer Evening @ Union Chapel
Bella Union have put together a little belter of an evening at the Union Chapel on 24th June featuring some of their finest signings from recent months. These will include long-term love of FFS Alessi’s Ark, Lone Wolf (who recently…
Album: Mary Gauthier – The Foundling
Mary Gauthier has never been afraid to tackle the emotional and the personal in her songwriting. In five albums prior to this, she’s taken on issues of love, loss, politics, faith and family problems. But where that last one is…