With a name like Strawhouses and bizarre pig-riddled artwork, you might mistake ‘Malaise’ for a rural lament to the Bluegrass broken-hearted. Instead, the newly-released indie single hits you with a sound that is energetic, frustrated and positively industrial.
Listening to The Steadfast Shepherd’s self-titled debut album is like dropping in on someone else’s black and white dreams and lying there for a beautiful half hour. You pass the time staring at the ceiling and taking in stories the folk duo weaves of people and places it seems you should remember. If longing has [...]
With a new album on the way, a tour starting in April and their festival, Beautiful Days, gathering force with each summer, the Levellers are as busy as ever. We caught up with singer and guitarist Mark Chadwick at a pub in his current hometown Lewes to discuss his upcoming solo record, what keeps the [...]