Category: folk albums
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Curiosity Shop: Bound For The Sky EP review – delightful debut is full of promise
After relentless touring built up an impressive following for the Edinburgh folk band before they even released their first single, Bound For The Sky confirms Curiosity Shop as one of Scotland’s most exciting new songwriting talents.
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Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Weekend review – blockbuster return will make you believe in magic
Phoebe Bridgers’ third album improbably lives up to the hype generated by her ingeniously orchestrated return to earth: a high-budget, detail-oriented showpiece about grief and hope packed with spectacular twists and turns. When it comes to indie folk, Bridgers really is on a planet of her own.
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Black Country, New Road: Ants From Up There Review – breathtaking
After their debut album catapulted the London septet to fame in 2021, Black Country, New Road return with a masterpiece that is somehow both sure-footed and wildly experimental. Released just after the sudden departure of the band’s frontman, Ants From Up There serves as a tragic, compelling self-portrait of a man on the brink.
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Bellowhead: Reassembled review – folk legends run the hits one last time
A final reunion concert back in December was the stuff of every Bellowhead fan’s dreams. Six months later the performance has been immortalised in a widely-released live album that often finds the 11-strong folk band at their exuberant best.
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Atta Boy: Big Heart Manners review – a demoaralising slump
I like to think of Atta Boy as one of indie pop’s greatest legends. I’m exaggerating of course, but that’s the impression I got when I looked at their Spotify page before the release of their new album, Big Heart Manners. Before last month, Atta Boy had released just one, 40-minute album back in 2012.…
