Devon Sproule has won our alternative Mercury best album poll The Schmercury Award for her record I Love You, Go Easy’. 1,524 of you chose the Virginian songwriter’s album who beat second place Dark Dark Dark – Wild Go by…
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Interview | Schmercury nominee Rachael Dadd
Our final best album nominee Rachael Dadd’s album Bite the Mountain. Reviewer Tom White said: “The record has an understated autumnal air to it, drifting by like the falling leaves and providing a pretty and colourful backdrop.” For Folk’s Sake:…
Interview | Schmercury best album nominee Emmy the Great
Emmy the Great’s Virtue is a devastatingly brutal and beautiful record about the break up of a relationship. There was no way we could fail to recognise it in this year’s best album list. FFS’s Rory Dollard said: “Sparse closing…
Interview | Schmercury best album nominees the Secret Sisters
The Secret Sisters are Laura and Lydia Rogers from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. After getting the stamp of quality that is a Jack White-produced single, the sisters released their self-titled debut album. Our reviews editor Ian Parker said: “the Secret Sisters…
Interview | Schmercury best album nominees Dark Dark Dark
Marshall: “I wanted Dark Dark Dark to open for Adele on an “epic female vocalists and body-positive-famous girls” bill that would’ve stolen the world.”
Interview | Schmercury best album nominee Mechanical Bride
Our 3rd Schmercury-nominated interviewee Mechanical Bride’s album was one of those long-awaited debuts. We’d been following brains-behind-the-name Lauren Doss’s career since FFS was founded three years ago. Living With Ants was finally released in June this year, after a long…
Interview | Schmercury best album nominee Devon Sproule
In the second in our series of interviews with Schmercury award nominees we speak to Devon Sproule – a Canadian-born musician now living in Virginia, US. As well as her beautiful albums, she’s an absolute joy to watch live, with…
Interview | Schmercury best album nominee This Is The Kit
This is the Kit’s debut album Wriggle Out the Restless was released last October, and quickly became a favourite here at FFS. Our reviewer Becky Varley-Winter said: “It’s apt that Wriggle Out The Restless is released by Dreamboat Records, as…
FFS Schmercury best album prize: Vote now!
The Secret Sisters, The Leisure Society, Emmy the Great, Middle Brother, Fleet Foxes, The Low Anthem, Devon Sproule, Wye Oak, Dark Dark Dark, Mechanical Bride, Rachael Dadd, This is the Kit. Who made your favourite album of the last year?
Best album poll: It’s the Schmercuries 2011
On the eve of the Mercury poll, FFS have put together a list of our 12 favourite folk-tinged albums of the past year for our very own Schmercury prize. We’re going to do things a little differently this year, and…