Kent singer-songwriter Tess has managed to create an album which is both instantly likeable and a bit of a grower. Magpie is distinguised by well-crafted, honest songwriting while the vocal delivery is perfectly understated. Opener ‘Big Room’ has dark lyrics…
Album | Gretchen Peters – Hello Cruel World
This is Gretchen Peters’ first appearance on FFS, and she’s most decidedly at the country end of our folk spectrum (if you remember Faith Hill, she wrote a song for her in the 90s). She’s lived in Nashville since the…
Live | Emmy the Great @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a great band in possession of incredible songs must be in want of a string section. Emmy the Great is just such an act, and FFS is delighted to report that she +…
Singles Round-up | Liz Green, Ajimal, Sweet Lights, Tom Williams & The Boat, Maia, Athena
Liz Green – Bad Medicine ‘Bad Medicine’ is taken from Liz Green’s debut album O, Devotion! and it is quite frankly brilliant. It’s also pretty difficult to describe, the closest I can get being that it is a bit like…
News | Beach House announce new album and UK dates
Dreamy Baltimore duo Beach House have announced the release of their fourth album, Bloom. The record will be release on 14th May in the UK by Bella Union. Bloom was recorded last year at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas…
News | Communion Weekly.
So this isn’t exactly news ‘hot off the press’, but in case you hadn’t already heard, Communion records have begun what they call a “Communion Weekly”. For the last five weeks, Communion have been sending subscribers a small dose of…