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.

#268 Lily Mae – Winter Lullaby

Winter Lullaby – Single by Lily Mae Seventeen-year-old songwriter Lily Mae has already wowed the FFS New Bands Panel and now she’s back to melt our frozen winter hearts with this beautiful song of the season. Mae’s classic stylings have…

#266 Gerry Rafferty – Rick Rack

Rick Rack is a melancholy little song about leaving home from Gerry Rafferty’s eponymous 1974 album. Most famous for Baker Street and Stuck in the Middle with You, Rafferty released this collection of his first band Humblebums’ recordings after he’d…

#265 Dark Dark Dark – Daydreaming

We could not be more thrilled to have a Dark Dark Dark track on our Christmas album this year. We’re sure you’re familiar with the work of Nona Marie Invie and her super-talented cohorts, but if not just check out…

#264 Novo Amor – From Gold

From Gold by Novo Amor Ali Lacey records under the name Novo Amor, which is Galician for New Love. Listen to this song, and his music might just be yours. ‘From Gold’ is a song from a recent indie film…

#263 Tessera Skies – Soliloquy of an Astronaut

‘Soliloquy of an Astronaut’ by Tessera Skies first surfaced last year, but listening to it right now it’s hard not to be put in mind of the film Gravity. Indeed, the title itself is enough to evoke the floating-round-my-tin-can loneliness and…

#262 Okta Logue – Dream On

German psych-folksters Okta Logue are preparing to drop their second LP Tales of Transit City, which promises to combine all the best bits of a host of influences from the 60s and 70s – while being good enough to earn…

#261 Sweet Gum Tree & Isobel Campbell – Bird Of Passage

There are one or two Belle & Sebastian superfans at FFS Towers, so teaming up with Isobel Campbell is always going to be a good way to get attention from us. Another strong tactic is producing beautifully understated songs with…

#260 Suburban Dirts – Any Other Morning

Herts six-piece Suburban Dirts are releasing their second album A Tiny Little Island In The Big Bad Sea today, another volume to explore their love of records by the likes of The Band, Ryan Adams and Bob Dylan. To record…

#259 Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks

It can be a mixed blessing when one of your favourite songs pops up on an advert, but frankly Two Weeks sounds so good in any circumstance we won’t be complaining too much that it’s popped up flogging YouView. And…