Jay Jay Pistolet has been confirmed as support for Noah and the Whale on their springtime UK tour.
First Aid Kit hit London for three February shows
First Aid Kit will be arriving to patch up London town with an instore set at Pure Groove Records on Monday February 23rd at 1:15 pm. Yes, this is lunchtime and yes, it’s a Monday, but we put it to you, FFS fans, that we can fill that wee record shop with like-minded individuals and make Monday that little bit brighter. These special Swedish siblings will delight your ears with their simmering harmonies and light-as-the breeze melodies.
For Folk’s Sake Interview: Emmy the Great
“If you get referred to with other artists you really don’t agree with then you feel like their politics might besmirch yours.”
Album Review: Emmy the Great – First Love
Here at For Folk’s Sake HQ, we are so excited about this release that we’ve had to change our collective trousers. Emmy the Great has been working the London gig circuit with her dark but charming brand of folk for ages and ages, and it’s proper wonderful that she’s finally putting an LP out into the world.
Album Review: Le Reno Amps – Tear It Open
Tear It Open is the forthcoming album from Scotland’s ‘Le Reno Amps’ – a band that, in its own words, tries “to write songs with all the fat cut off so you can savour their buttery goodness”. Ironic then that a band setting out such noble intentions should produce music that fails to either please or repell.
EP Review: Kevin Pearce – Light Song EP
There’s an ethereal quality to Kevin Pearce’s voice which penetrates even the foggiest of minds. Light Song, the singer’s first EP, is a short collection of carefully crafted songs which call on many influences. Pearce lists Tim Buckley, Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen amongst his favourites, and the soft religiosity created by the combination of his raw vocals and melancholy song-writing is sure to win him favour among fans of those artists.