Category: Song of the Day

A song a day, every day. From brand new tunes to elderly classics. We don’t promise to be constrained by genre, but we promise to recommend brilliant music.

#388 Andrew Bird – Fake Headlines

The fine, fine people of the Yellow Bird Project have announced details of a full-length album release, their first, which will feature 10 artists linked with the charitable venture covering each other’s work. YBP have started a PledgeMusic campaign to…

#387 Liz Green – Rybka

For Folk's Sake | Liz Green | Haul Away | Rybka

Liz Green makes ‘tragicomic pop’ that imagines a dark, horribly grown-up fairytale realm of terrifying creatures and sinister folk. She’s into goblins and writes about blood rather a lot, and we love it all. ‘Rybka’ is a bluesy story of…

#386 Bird to Beast – Elephant

Bird to Beast do not have your standard background for an emerging folk duo. Sam comes described as a “classically-trained ex-sheep farmer” while the stand-out entry on Hannah’s CV is an evening spent singing backing vocals for Ellie Goulding at…

#385 Moulettes – Constellations

For Folk's Sake | Moulettes | Constellations

Two albums in with a third on the way, the Moulettes have firmly set out their stall of awesomeness as the enormous, complex, witty and unpredictable title track off forthcoming LP Constellations demonstrates all too well. With layers of big, stompy…

#384 Seabear – I’ll Build You a Fire

For Folk's Sake | Seabear

Seabear – I’ll Build You A Fire from seabear on Vimeo. Seabear are an intoxicatingly cool Icelandic collective whose starry brand of folk-pop celebrates all that is simple and beautiful in life. ‘I’ll Build You a Fire’ is a glorious…

#383 CARMEN – Take This Dance

FFS first heard Irish artist CARMEN when she appeared alongside Gibson Bull on our Christmas album back in 2012. Now she’s back with a new single ‘Take This Dance’, which will be released later this month in support of the…

#382 Alva Leigh – Modern Love Song

What is a modern love song? That’s the question Alva Leigh asks in her debut single, which is out later this month. Leigh, who is out of Nashville via north London, uses an appealingly restrained palette of handclaps, piano and layered…

#381 W I N T E R – The Sea Bites Back

The Sea Bites Back from WINTER on Vimeo. W I N T E R is the second stab at a band by brothers Matt and Joe Winter, who disbanded their previous project, moved to opposite ends of the country, and…

#380 The Horn The Hunt – Heart Of Gold

In certain quarters (at least one of which is tucked away inside FFS Towers) Neil Young has near godlike status, so covering one of his tracks could be considered a risky strategy. With this version of ‘Heart Of Gold’, which…

#379 Hudson Taylor – Weapons

Dublin brothers Hudson Taylor today release their new single, the affecting ‘Weapons’ complete with a video which stars Irish actor Liam McMahon as the victim of prison guard brutality. The band are working with producers Iain Archer and Mike Einziger…