Susanna Distills Life with ‘Meditations on Love’
Norway’s Susanna aims to distill the world and bring it down to a set of uncomfortable truths on this album. Love will tear us apart again and again.
chamber folk
Laura Veirs Talks to Herself on ‘My Echo’
The thematic connections between these 10 Laura Veirs songs and our current situation are somewhat coincidental, or maybe just the result of kismet or karmic or something in the zeitgeist.
My Brightest Diamond Launches a Champagne Supernova with Her New Album
My Brightest Diamond: "Just writing something simple can be really powerful. I think it's taken me a long time to do something simple and feel it is enough."
My Brightest Diamond Travels ‘A Million and One’ Ways
As someone who takes the moniker My Brightest Diamond knows, a glittering exterior offers its own rewards. Nova has a crystalline voice that she frequently uses in sharp, angular ways.
Modern Studies’ ‘Welcome Strangers’ Possesses a Timeless Cinematic Quality
Scottish chamber pop ensemble Modern Studies document and detail the unknown with strong writing and recording on their second album Welcome Strangers.
20 Questions: Laura Veirs
After a collaborative album with k.d. lang and Neko Case, Laura Veirs re-emerges with a delicate, deliberate collection of folk-pop wonders, as well as a love for the Pixar film Coco and all things coffee.
Laura Veirs Creates a Rich, Luxurious Sound on ‘The Lookout’
After the comparatively brash Warp And Weft, the geology-pop legend Laura Veirs returns with a more elaborate, luxurious sound for her tenth long-player.
The Staves and yMusic: The Way Is Read
A folk-pop trio meets a chamber ensemble. The results? Inconclusive.
Matthew Fountain and the Whereabouts – ‘Born on the Hook’ (album stream) (premiere)
Indie rockers Matthew Fountain and the Whereabouts create something totally new as they delve into the unknown with their eclectic blend of organic and synthetic instruments.