Tag: indie folk
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Spectreview: Fleet Foxes – Shore
Robin Pecknold has an epiphany on Fleet Foxes’ benevolent, autumnal fourth album.
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Spectreview: Fenne Lily – BREACH
Fenne Lily’s breezy sophomore record is incredibly easy to enjoy thanks to the unassailable confidence of her songwriting.
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Spectreview: Lomelda – Hannah
Warmer and more expansive than ever, Hannah succeeds as an evolution of Lomelda’s contemplative musings about communication.
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Spectreview: The Microphones – Microphones in 2020
Microphones in 2020 is a seamless, engrossing rumination on self-mythologizing and the contrasting significance of the present moment.
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RetroSpectreview: Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Fiona Apple’s fourth album pushed the boundaries of pop music, particularly where sonics and lyrics could combine into blindingly raw, honest introspection.
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Spectreview: Great Grandpa – Four of Arrows
Great Grandpa find their true voice on the diverse, revelatory Four of Arrows.
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Spectreview: Sam Parkin – Sam Parkin EP
Sam Parkin’s self-titled EP is an excellent collection of deft, restrained psych-folk.
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Spectreview: Big Thief – Two Hands
Big Thief’s second album of 2019 trades air for earth, digging into the raw emotional power of exquisitely simple folk rock.
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Spectreview: Running from the Dark – Running from the Dark [compilation]
Several underground artists aim to raise mental health awareness on the devastating, surprisingly cohesive Running from the Dark.
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Spectreview: Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
Big Thief’s U.F.O.F. digs deep into the cracks between intellectual and emotional abstraction.