This album sounds like a soundtrack to an American teen drama, you know, the one’s where beautiful people in their twenties play teenagers with issues and there are lots of lingering moody close ups and sunset shots set to ‘atmospheric’ music.
Author: Lynn Roberts
Lynn founded For Folk's Sake in 2008. Her favourite artists are Joni Mitchell, The Leisure Society and The Mountain Goats. She plays keyboards in Joe Innes & the Cavalcade.
EP Review: Jay Jay Pistolet – Happy Birthday You
Jay Jay Pistolet’s debut EP oozes with warmth, nostalgia and cuts to the very core with its haunting vocals.
Maryland
Maryland is Joe Innes from London or thereabouts. He is selling DIY presses of his first album through his myspace. They say: \\”Owing to the use of eventful passages in classic literature and the last song played by the house…
Animal Collective to kick off World tour in London’s Koko
Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin and Geologist take a quick tour of the UK to plug new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, before heading over to Europe and beyond.
Cat Power signs off 2008 with new covers EP
Cat Power returns with a new bunch of covers left over from earlier 2008 release Jukebox.
Emmy the Great confirms album release date, UK tour
Hot on the heels of Emmy the Great’s new track ‘We Almost Had a Baby’, which we gave a hearty 8/10 here barely a few days ago, comes the news her long awaited debut album is to be released on February 2.
Noah and the Whale to release EP for Xmas
Folk’s most successful export Noah and the Whale have announced the planned release of a mini album on December 22nd through Young and Lost Club.
FFS to DJ at brand new London folk event
For Folk’s Sake enters the realm of DJing to spread around some of the lovely stuff we like listening to at a brand new day of free folk music at the Slaughtered Lamb in Clerkenwell.
Live Review: The Travelling Band @ The Bedford, November 10th 2008
Glastonbury Festival favourites The Travelling Band spread a little bit of warmth on a murky Monday night in South London.
Album Review: Tilly and the Wall – O
Tilly and the Wall’s third long-playing effort O sees the Nebraska quintet moving in an altogether more elegant direction. Even devotees of their previous, more charmingly rough-edged offerings will have to admit that this unexpectedly smooth, accomplished offering suits them just as well.