When he’s not strumming his guitar and recording solo albums like ‘Veneer’, José Gonzáles teams up with Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn to form Junip, framing his voice with organs, synths and drums. In the past the band met up…
Album: The National – High Violet
There’s something frighteningly well thought out about High Violet – over its 47 minute duration every song seems perfectly well placed to create the mood that the band want you to feel. Whilst it’s certainly not a concept album there…
5-track sample of Johnny Flynn’s album available to stream
We were delighted to see Johnny Flynn’s second album Been Listening plop through the letter box at FFS HQ this weekend — and on first listen it’s just as good as we expected. Laura Marling guest vocals on a track…
FFS interview: The Chapin Sisters
FFS doesn’t know what it was expecting. Ethereal green gowns, most likely, a walk so smooth it may better be described as a drift. Or perhaps something quite opposite – the two Chapin Sisters appearing ominously at the top of the hotel staircase, dressed in black and lost in a very personal silence.
FFS New Bands Panel: Jason Ward
West Virginia’s Jason Ward is releasing his latest single “Bless You” as a free digital download backed by “Dark In Here”. Our New Band Panel has taken a listen to both that and tracks from his last EP, Graceful Bow,…
FFS New Bands Panel: Matthew Kilford
Singer/songwriter Matthew Kilford has been creating a strong buzz in his native Oxfordshire for some time now, and the word is spreading, not least thanks to gigs with the likes of Andy Yorke, Dawn Kinnard, Seth Lakeman and also The…