folk tracks

Track: Bishopskin – Old Sock
London avant-folk collective Bishopskin return with new single ‘Old Sock’. Delving into themes of spiritual fatigue, circular journeys, and the surreal interplay of human frailty and divine power. The song’s evocative imagery blends frontman Tiger Nicholson’s signature lyrical depth with the band’s hallmark sound: a potent mix of pastoral English folk, bluesy lamentations, and spiritual fervour. Recorded alongside the …

Track: Bridget Hayden and the Apparitions breathes life into Factory Girl ahead of new album
Bridget Hayden’s “Factory Girl” is a stunning reimagining of a traditional folk song, showcasing her ability to breathe new life into old verses while preserving their emotional core. Her earthy, resonant vocals are perfectly matched with the accompaniment’s layered drones and delicate string interjections, creating a soundscape that feels timeless and deeply evocative. Drawing from …

Track: Divorce – Antarctica
Divorce have shared their new single, ‘Antarctica’, the latest new music from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’, which is due out on March 7th, 2025, via Gravity / Capitol. Commenting on the new single, co-vocalist and guitarist Felix Mackenzie-Barrow says: “I wrote ‘Antarctica’ at the end of a long and deeply …

Track: The Slow Country – Walking Song
Coinciding with their biggest headline shows to date in their twin homes of Manchester and London, Alt/Folk-rock newcomers The Slow Country have shared their debut single ‘Walking Song’. Entirely self-produced by the band themselves, and featuring artwork by Hugo Winder-Lind (The New Eves), ‘Walking Song’ drifts in some goth-tainted hinterland between Fleetwood Mac and Nick Cave where rushing …

Track: Lea Thomas – The Gift
Hawaii native based in New York, songwriter Lea Thomas is set to release her new album ‘Cosmos Forever’ on the 20th of September Via Triple Dolphin Records. In anticipation, Thomas has shared the video for the first single titled ‘The Gift’. Thomas comments: From the moment I wrote the opening line of The Gift, I knew …

Track: Fink – One Last Gift
With two singles already out there, ‘What Would You Call Yourself‘ and ‘So We Find Ourselves’, Fink have shared the third single, ‘One Last Gift’, to be taken from their eighth studio album ‘Beauty In Your Wake’. Greenall says: “I sang into the hole of my nylon guitar through my effects to get this kindaThom …

Track: Van Zon – Cannon Fodder
Forming just last June, Van Zon have quickly cemented their presence in the Brighton and London grassroots gig circuits, selling out their first headline show at Brighton’s Green Door Store merely five months into their existence. Their debut track has arrived a startling 8-minute epic of experimental folk-tinged post-rock. Executed with the intention of being …

Track: James Vincent McMorrow releases the staggeringly beautiful Call Me Back
“Call Me Back.” is the new single from Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow, a folk-flecked affair with a tapestry of beautiful melodies woven together with McMorrow’s signature falsetto vocals that will have your heartstrings quivering and your soul yearning. Listening to “Call Me Back” feels like wrapping yourself in a comfort blanket of gentle guitar …

Track: Fink – So We Find Ourselves
Having announced their eighth studio album ‘Beauty In your Wake‘ with the sublime single ‘What Would You Call Yourself‘, Fin Greenall and his cohorts Tim Thornton (drums/guitar) and Guy Whittaker (bass) have returned with single number two titled ‘So We Find Ourselves’. Greenall reflects on the song by saying: “This song is so personal. I am the first …

Track: Iron & Wine – Anyone’s Game
Iron & Wine has shared his third single from its forthcoming album ‘Light Verse’, entitled ‘Anyone’s Game’, along with an accompanying stop-motion-styled animated visual directed by Callum Scott-Dyson. The video’s playful nature has an almost Monty Python intro style; Scott-Dyson in explaining his process for the video says: “I used card cutouts in terms of the stop motion …