Fika recordings
See: Landscape-loving Leeds folksters Crake sign for Fika and reveal the breathy tranquillity of ‘Lamb’s Tail’
WITH a brace of cassettes, a couple of digital singles (2019’s “Dear Natalie” and this April’s Four Tracks) sandwiching a one-off 7″ for Nebraska’s Saddle Creek, “Enough Salt (For All Dogs)” of which there’s literally a handful left at Bandcamp, West Yorkshire’s Crake are stepping boldly forward and have signed for Fika Recordings, home to …
Album Review: Randolph’s Leap – Spirit Level
Spirit Level is the new album from Scottish folk-pop collective Randolph’s Leap. The titular ‘spirit level’ is a steady reference point over what had been an unsettled spell writing the album, with Adam Ross uprooting from a decade in Glasgow to a tauntingly lopsided house in rural Aberdeenshire, navigating his way through shifting phases in …
TRACK: Emma Kupa – ‘Nawlins’: indie-folk for The Big Easy and pop art dancing
YOU know what? She’s just a bit lovely, is Emma Kupa, Sheffield songstress bringing us warm observations across the indie-folk Venn overlap. Twas only a few weeks back she dazzled us with the amorous sweetness of “Hey Love”, a naked little nugget about the realities of a relationship, the video all filmed against 70s’ wallpaper …
Steven Adams and the French – Bring on the Naps
If ever there needed to be a celebration of the daytime snooze, it’s in these lockdown times, right? Former Broken Family Band frontman and his new charges Steven Adams & The French have obliged with a new cut taken from their forthcoming album Keep it Light, out on Fika Recordings on August 21st. On the …
Track: Just Joans – O Caledonia
Taken from the bands long awaited new album, You Might Be Smiling Now… expanded (now a six piece) Scottish indie band the Just Joans have released a new track, O Caledonia. It’s still got the charm, whimsy and innocence you expect from the band, siblings David and Katie, but now its bigger, fatter and packed …