Shambles Miller’s Shambles Miller Sails the Clockwork Sea is a collection of four direct, glass-swinging ditties. The EP lacks refinement, but makes up for it with plenty of chutzpah. The opener, ‘Strike!’, is another volume in the proud tradition of…
FFS New Bands Panel: Videotapes
Colchester’s Videotapes have, as they put it, just taken “a folky turn” and so they asked our panel to judge the results. Here they are. Alice Sage: These guys appear to have only two tracks and, like PJ harvey and…
FFS New Bands Panel: Matthew Moss
Liverpool’s Matthew Moss has recently put out his second self-produced EP I Am Gone, a five-track collection that comes with an attractive animated film. But how does the music sound? Shaun McCoy: Liverpool folk-rock artist Matthew Moss presents a quintet…
Album: Snowblink – Long Live
Snowblink’s Long Live is a threatening album. That is to say, this completely superb album threatens to surprise the listener with unexpected and appropriate moments. It is clear from the beginning — a track called ‘Rut and Nuzzle’ — that Daniela…
FFS New Bands Panel: Odran Trummel
From across the channel comes French musician Odran Trummel, who wrote to us to ask how we thought his music would fare in the UK. The panel cast their verdict. Louis Gilbert: Odran Trummel is a French musician who marries…
FFS interview: Emily & the Woods
Emily & the Woods is a family affair. When FFS caught the band at the Folkroom at The Queen’s Head pub in London, frontwoman and songwriter Emily Wood was joined by her father and brother. Unamplified, Emily is not afraid…