Much like the band’s name, the single Young Adult Friction hits you head on. It immediately leaps into frantic catchy chords and vocals, before being briefly interrupted by the soft, sultry tones of Peggy Wang. This repeats until a welcome time signature change, where the song deconstructs itself, re-emerging primarily with rigorous bass and drums, followed by the remaining instruments.
Single Review: Haroula Rose – Someday
Someday is a single from singer/songwriter Haroula Roses’ debut EP. It fuses delicate vocals, a beautiful piano and a gentle guitar echoing in the background. It’s about dreaming of a time when things will be perfect – this moment you might in the wrong place in your life, but someday, somewhere else, everything will be wonderful and you will be with that someone you belong with.
Album: Rachel Harrington – City of Refuge
Listening to Rachel Harrington sing tales from her second album, City of Refuge, is akin to being sat in front of the fire by your great aunt Bess and told the stories that made her a woman in a time when wagons rolled and the fiddle and the banjo were played without a hint of retro irony.
Album: Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us
Building up layers of synthesiser and creating an engagingly ethereal – by which I mean otherworldly but without being atmospheric like Sigur Rós – sound, Black Moth Super Rainbow are as unexpected as their name.
Album: Fanfarlo – Reservoir
London via Sweden’s Fanfarlo have been steadily bringing out a single a year for around three years now. Their debut album, Reservoir, has finally been unleashed and as expected, it has been more than worth the wait.
Fanfarlo: limited editions, Bandstand Busking videos and tour dates
The rather wonderful Fanfarlo have been beavering away to make 500 limited edition copies of their forthcoming album, Reservoir. We love a bit of a DIY ethos her at FFS (which is why our HQ is only half painted…) so were delighted when we saw this picture of the band mid-make.