There are records which, from the moment you start listening to them, let you enter their unique world, connected but different from the real one. This pervasive feeling cannot but come from a very clear, honed by time and work,…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Ivan Moult – Carried Over Water
Ivan Moult’s Longest Shadow is no ordinary break-up album. It spans the complete arch, from the first spark of romance to the bitter recriminations and pain that comes when it falls apart. Moult tackles all of this with his trademark…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Paul Aiden – Ticket To The Moon
After making his name as half of dance duo Chimes, and working as a songwriter for a string of artists for the likes of Universal, Island and EMI, Paul Aiden has struck out on his own. His first ever release,…
by Lorenzo Righetto • • Comments Off on Album | Haley Heynderickx – I Need To Start A Garden
In recent years, two labels have stood out as the greatest representatives of quality Americana: Paradise of Bachelors for ‘band’ Americana, and Mama Bird for ‘solo’ Americana. When I discovered that I Need To Start A Garden was being released…
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 Lorenzo Righetto • • Comments Off on Album | Bonny Doon – Longwave
There is a reasonable, and well justified, amount of buzz around the name of Bonny Doon in recent times, as the release date of their sophomore record, Longwave, approaches. This is a very quick follow-up to their debut, which happened…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Magical Beasts – When Love’s a Stranger
Magical Beasts are a rising Chicago roots band whose primary goal is to make “mostly simple folk and songwriter music set to compelling, lyrical instrumentation and interwoven vocal harmonies.” Or, so it goes on their IndieGoGo campaign page, anyway. The…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Soccer Mommy- Clean
The notion of a soccer mommy conjures images of a 35-year-old woman with two kids and an SUV to ferry the kids to practice and games. Yet Sophie Allison is a 20-year-old on leave from NYU majoring in rock and…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Bird City – Winnowing
For nearly two decades, singer/songwriter Jenny Mitchell has been regarded as one of the most original voices within the Canadian indie music scene, and her latest project, Bird City, is her most personal yet. As a beloved fixture of the…