New York’s Joe Whyte has taken some time out to refine his sound before coming at us with his EP When The Day Breaks. He’s giving it away for free on his website, so is it worth the cover price?…
Album: Eels – Tomorrow Morning
Being a devoted Eels fan can be pretty hard on the heart. The bitter, lonesome, near-despairing End Times was the eighth album in Mark Oliver Everett’s discography, and bore witness to the tearing of sinew and bone that comes at…
FFS New Bands Panel: The Paper Shades
There is nothing complicated about the Paper Shades, a duo in which both Sarah Dollar and Jon Rixon sing and play guitar, but from this simple formula, our panel found some great results. Shaun McCoy: The Paper Shades have created…
Quick! Help us name our Christmas album
FFS is producing a Christmas album for Charity. More details will be announced very soon, but right now we’re stuck on a name. And we need one to tell our supertalented designer so he can set about making the coverart.…
Interview: Bellowhead
As an 11-piece outfit, you’d be forgiven for thinking Bellowhead were a travelling orchestra rather than a folk band. Currently touring their third studio album, Hedonism, they took a break to talk numbers, Abbey Road, awards and residencies with FFS.…
FFS New Bands Panel: Francis Neve
Essex singer-songwriter Francis Neve uses a huge array of different sounds on his debut mini-album, The Second Time We First Met. Folk is but one of them, but it was enough of an excuse for the panel to take a…