Category: Reviews

Compilation | Sandy Denny – The Notes & The Words

Sandy Denny fans have been able to feast of late. There have been deluxe resissues of Rendezvous and Like An Old Fashioned Waltz, Thea Gilmore’s Don’t Stop Singing which put music to her unreleased lyrics, and this year’s The Lady:…

Album | The Staves – Dead & Born & Grown

There’s been a lot of hype surrounding The Staves since they debuted their talents behind Tom Jones on his gravelly gospel album Praise and Blame. They made a name for themselves on the back of that performance with the Welsh…

Live | The Civil Wars at The Roundhouse, London

The Civil Wars: never was a band name more apt. Reviewing the duo, who have just cancelled the rest of their tour and gone on hiatus citing ‘differences in ambition’, is a tricky one.  Leaving The Roundhouse last Tuesday I was…

EP | Oh Stockholm! – All This Will Go

The latest EP from Oh Stockholm! should be proof enough, were it still needed, that their journey from electro-pop to folky loveliness is complete. The last time FFS covered them back in 2011, one of our New Bands Panel members…

Album | ahab – Live In London

While I’m sure it’s not impossible to write a review of ahab’s debut album without debating the merits of opting to put it out as a live record, I can only imagine it would sit there the proverbial elephant in…

Album | Beth Orton – Sugaring Season

Having spent the turn of the century in the company of Beth Orton’s 1999 Brit Award-winning album Central Reservation – and it’s chronological neighbours Trailer Park and Daybreaker – Orton’s music is part of the maturing folk fan’s genetic make-up. Now…

Album | Neil Halstead – Palindrome Hunches

The sometime Slowdive and Mojave 3 frontman’s prolific career continues with a simply beautiful third solo album. Recorded over one weekend in a primary school, after Halstead bribed the caretaker to let him and his band into the music room,…