A varied record that is difficult to categorise, Wildwood Bride demonstrates that, no matter the style she dips into, Molly Pinto Madigan is capable of winning your heart; throughout her most idyllically atmospheric creations, especially, her beautiful voice is simply impossible to resist.
Bandcamp / Facebook / InstagramTo Your Love is, quite simply, a gorgeous debut release; a haunting, enervating nostalgia that provides an apposite soundtrack to the lonely viewing of old home videos - the kind that conjure a semblance of a person, time, feeling or ambience into being that we know in our heart can never truly return for real.
Bandcamp / FacebookRosemary and Garlic’s debut EP is a truly sublime epic of mood; a pensive and often lonely telling of personal stories amid wonderfully atmospheric backdrops of timeless, universe-controlled grandeur that are simply too huge and important for one single consciousness to ever truly grasp.
Bandcamp / Facebook / InstagramCarefully measured, but with moments of considerable breeze, the debut release from innately charismatic Dutch-based sisterly duo, All The King’s Daughters, is a collection of irresistible harmonies delivered with a conveyance of unshakeable zest; the creators sounding unfalteringly immersed and united in their music.
Bandcamp / FacebookWonderfully distinctive and erratic, Dead Flowers is a fiercely raw and heart-wrenchingly fragile outpouring of the lurking thoughts and feelings that disturb normality; Jillian Kay, at times, just daring the world to ignore the words that her delivery suggests she simply must release.
Bandcamp / FacebookA collection that mesmerises with its copious and laudable levels of vulnerability, Vacancy hints strongly at a longing that Aisha Badru’s soft, exquisite vocals and delicate, carefully constructed songs could not be better suited to expressing.
Bandcamp / FacebookCombining bravely progressive structures with unapologetically poetic folk sensibilities, Inside Out is refined and elaborate; Rosie Caldecott’s charming voice and wise, earnest delivery leaving one more than happy to be lost within the labyrinthian intricacies of a splendid debut effort.
Bandcamp / FacebookA graceful yet resolute folk record with its heart and soul residing in a century of yore, The Lost Years showcases an unconditioned capacity for communicating the nuances of emotion; Jessica Flamand’s enamouring voice and proficient storytelling capturing her nothing short of undivided attention.
Bandcamp / FacebookEnveloped by a dense, inescapable atmosphere, Blackbird Peregrine's Dreams Can Fly occasionally stirs but mostly simmers, placing tales of immaculately and plaintively communicated loss – told with such manifest and honestly as to draw absolute admiration – alongside more celebratory notes that embrace the heavy ambience and natural mystique the duo's sound exemplifies.
Bandcamp / FacebookA melancholic but wonderful reminder of what it is to truly feel something important, Alanna Eileen’s Absence is an intensely emotional debut of haunting lucidity and ghostly, affecting beauty.
Bandcamp / FacebookTanner Swift’s debut effort is a sincere and relatable admittance of the inner-turmoil caused by the past wrongs and hurt that can shape one’s present, yet for all the mistakes and let-downs it details, I’m Losing Friends ultimately comes through as a redemptive effort; one intent on birthing something better for the future.
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