by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Mitch Rivers – Easy Way Out
Mitch Rivers’ biography describes him as a “roving, restless man” and straight away you can hear that in ‘Easy Way Out’, the bright and breezy new single taken from his upcoming debut album which is due this spring. Carried by…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Exclusive | Listen to Bird in the Belly’s debut album with a track-by-track guide
We’ve already heard a few teasers of Bird in the Belly’s debut album thanks to the beautiful session they recorded for us here at FFS, but now we can bring you the entire thing a day early – plus the…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | The Strange Blue Dreams – Twilight Zone
Once in a while you come across a video that is just perfect for the song. Step inside Jaconelli’s Cafe and Swing, both in Glasgow, where the Strange Blue Dreams have created their ‘Twilight Zone’. Jaconelli’s is a particularly fitting…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Jeremy Bass – ‘Till The Summer Ends
“There’s the weather outside and the weather inside. Sometimes they match – winter seems endless, summer passes too quickly. Sometimes they are at odds with each other, and you don’t feel right in your own skin,” says Jeremy Bass. Which…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album Premiere | Elle Mary & The Bad Men – Constant Unfailing Night
Good things can come from bad news. Elle Mary was a mainstay of the Manchester folk scene, launching and running The Folk Cellar and playing her own acoustic material. But following a break-up, she ditched the acoustic guitar for an…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | The Heart Of – Sleep Tight
‘Sleep Tight’ is not, as the title might suggest, a lullaby. But the latest taste of The Heart Of’s upcoming debut EP is a beautifully tender reflection on those thoughts that you can’t always escape when the lights go out.…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Matthew McNeal – Weekend
Matthew McNeal’s ‘Weekend’ hits you as perfect drive-time fodder, and for good reason. Though the tune was born out of McNeal jamming with his long-time drummer Andre Black, it was only after he listened back to the off-the-cuff lyrics he…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Gregory Ackerman – Keep Falling
Gregory Ackerman’s debut album is the culmination of years, if not a lifetime, of work. The 25-year-old has been writing his own songs since leaving his high school band. He designed the artwork while still in college. After a handful…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Snowpoet – Love Again
Jazz-folk duo Snowpoet will return with their second album Thought You Knew next week. We’re delighted to bring you the premiere of the second single ‘Love Again’ – a seven-minute earworm of gently fluctuating rhythms. Lauren Kinsella (the Jazz FM…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Dante – Beachcomber
Dante will return with their second album, I Wear Your Weight With Mine, on March 9th. Sean McLaughlin’s emotive songwriting has been paired with the production touch of Frightened Rabbit’s Andy Monaghan, producing results which sound like The National delivered…