indie folk
Track/Video: RAKEL, an emerging new voice from Reykjavík announces her debut album with the softly powerful ‘Rescue Remedy’.
Pianist/composer Ólafur Arnalds forward thinking OPIA project, part performance festival, part label, part community builder, is making a habit of bringing illusive talents out into the wider spotlight. You might remember the exquisite Costa Rican pianist/composer Sofi Paez and pedal-steel soundscaper Davidsson from last year, well here’s a new name to add to your ‘listen …
Track: Waterbaby thrills with the tender hushed beauty of new single “Amiss”
With “Amiss,” Stockholm-based artist Waterbaby offers a gorgeously tender return—a hushed, melancholic piece of indie folk that feels both fragile and grounded. Built around softly strummed acoustic guitar, sighing cellos, and gentle vocal harmonies, the track unfolds like a quiet confession, intimate and richly textured. There’s a lilting sadness in Waterbaby’s voice, which carries the …
Premiere: Mappe Of conjures intimate beauty on ‘Honeyhaze’
It’s been a good while since Tom Meikle’s been around, so two singles as Mappe Of in the span of three months would seem to indicate there’s more from him coming down the tracks later this year. If you needed a refresher, the Torontonian was last on the scene about five-and-a-half years ago with The …
Album Review: REA-‘Garden Shed’ EP: Fresh folky weave and natural flow from a distinctive new indie-folk voice.
Well Bon Iver had his snowbound cabin in deepest Wisconsin and Brighton based singer songwriter REA had her Dad’s garden shed in rural England. That may not seem quite so cinematic but the peaceful isolation, contemplative space and earthy connectivity of her own creative shelter has shaped a similar resonance in her music. Yes, REA’s …
Track: Lex Vervain hits the (bitter)sweet spot with new single, ‘Say it All’
Lex Vervain’s new single “Say It All” is a quietly devastating piece of songwriting—beautiful, bruised, and impossibly tender. Built around undulating acoustic guitar lines that seem to breathe in and out, the track slowly shapeshifts as it unfolds, with splashes of piano and ethereal backing vocals drifting in like memories you’re not ready to forget. …
Album Review: Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE; A love story in two halves.
After six long years, Bon Iver returns with SABLE, fABLE, a two-part odyssey that explores love, longing, and transformation with his trademark emotional depth and sonic inventiveness. More than just an album, it feels like a narrative split across two discs—SABLE, a prologue of hushed reflection and sadness, and fABLE, a blossoming, kaleidoscopic response full …
Album Review: Florist – Jellywish; a warm, intimate exploration of uncertainty
Florist’s Jellywish is a delicate yet expansive exploration of life’s biggest uncertainties, delivered with their signature warmth and intimacy. Across its ten tracks, the band weaves together folk, ambient textures, and hushed, dreamlike melodies, creating an album that feels deeply personal yet quietly transformative. It’s a record that doesn’t offer answers but instead lingers in …
Album Reivew: Neev – How Things Tie in Knots; Indie-folk storytelling with heart.
Glaswegian singer-songwriter Neev returns with How Things Tie in Knots, a stunning collection of folk-inflected indie-pop songs that explore the tension of growing into adulthood. Building on the intricate storytelling of her debut Katherine, this album expands her sound with sweeping arrangements, raw emotion, and melodies that linger long after the music fades. From the …
Premiere: ‘JFC’, this new Day Joy song is good; new album this year
Succinctly capturing the national mood with the title of their new single and the album it’s taken from, Austin-based band Day Joy (led by Michael Serrin) make it two singles in not even a month with ‘JFC’, which pairs up with last month’s ‘Parking Lot Astronautical’ as the first brace of singles from the band’s …
Meet: Zach Condon / Beirut ahead of his new album A Study of Losses and European dates
After a prolific yet challenging few years, Zach Condon returns with A Study of Losses, the most expansive Beirut album to date. Commissioned as a soundtrack for a Swedish acrobatic stage show, the 18-track odyssey explores themes of disappearance, preservation, and impermanence—taking inspiration from lost civilizations, extinct species, and fading memories. Blending indie pop, chamber …