**Porchcore Americana from everyone's favourite trippy folk duo. Primed for lazy, hazy days on the (whalley) range with your organic dandelion & burdock and a straw boater** "“MV & EE” is slang for zero gravity, and even though they’ve been doing it consistently better since forever, they still want to give you more of their best. The DIY wall of sound of Space Homestead was recorded over the course of a year in nine different studios, presenting as clearly as circumstances permit a living idea right here and now of what it is all about. These are sonics in motion, the satiate plural perfect supp… Read more

"The Sister is a collection of eight new tracks from Marissa Nadler. "Heartbreak is a great muse, but it can wear you down," she admits, referring to the stormy relationships that haunted many of the hooks on her most recent works. "For The Sister, I realized I had muses all around me, whether it was childhood, betrayal, friendships, new love, nature, or hope. The narrator's stronger in my songs now, and more able to bounce back if they choose to." The dream-folk artist notes that each year she feels freer to write what she wants. On "The Sister" she keeps her confessionals as intimate as pos… Read more

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This one's been a long time coming, a glorious collection of tributes to British folk idol Michael Chapman, curated by Tompkins Square and Chapman's wife herself. We've got a fantastic amount of good material here, with Thurston Moore, Bridget St John, Meg Baird and Hiss Golden Messenger among others providing intriguing takes on the singer songwriter's fine catalogue of work. Each artist takes it into their hands to make the songs their own and while some are more successful than others, some serve to illumin… Read more

One Little Plane is the solo moniker of Aussie singer-songwriter Kathryn Bint, but coming from Kieran Hebden's Text label you probably know that 'Into The Trees' is far more than JUST a singer-songwriter record. Hebden even gets involved as he takes the reigns for production duties, and Radiohead man Johnny Greenwood even pops up for a spot of collaboration. Bint's songs are elevated well by the glossy, assured production, and what might have been a more stripped-down record is multi-layered and deeply unusual. At times I'm reminded of Belly or Throwing Muses, Bint's voice has that coo-… Read more

Simone White may have shot to fame thanks to a leg up from a certain German car manufacturer, but there's nothing overtly commercial about 'Silver, Silver', her latest full-length for Honest Jon's. Something like a cross between Stina Nordenstam (in the vocals) and the Cocteau Twins (in the textures), White has an undeniable warmth and charm, and never succumbs to the MoR territory many in her field have nudged into over the course of their careers. 'Silver Silver' is packed with weird production tics and off-kilter melodies giving that while still a 'pop' album, there's room for the ambient… Read more

"Following their album of Spanish folk songs Anda Jaleo (Fire 2010), Josephine Foster and the Victor Herrero Band have created a superb follow-up entitled Perlas (Pearls) due out on Fire Records in May. It is a jewel of a collection, with songs and poems selected by Josephine herself, gathered from dusty old scores and brought vividly to the present with warm performances full of flesh-and-blood emotion. Made with a variety of stringed instruments and simple percussion, the songs were recorded live in the studio on to analogue tape by Paco Loco in Puerto de Santa Maria,… Read more