In the spring of 2020, Aoife Nessa Frances packed up her things in Dublin and moved to rural County Clare on the west coast of Ireland. It was there, amidst the stillness, that she began to work on the songs that would become her second album, Protector: a personal, mystical journey of self-discovery through dislocation, […]
Cult classic thats never been available in Europe previously. Features 2 new additional tracks not featured on the original version. 180gm heavyweight black vinyl with picture inner sleeve/download code. Released on Basin Rock label who have released albums by Julie Byrne, Trevor Beales, Aoife Nessa Frances, Jim Ghedi, Andrew Tuttle, Juni Habel. Full EU/UK press/radio […]
’Ace Todmorden label makes a significant discovery on its own doorstep: a superb cache of ‘loner folk’ songs recorded in the early-70s by Hebden Bridge’s answer to Nick Drake’’ UNCUT “This is music that can confidently hold its own with pioneers such as Davey Graham, Michael Chapman, Bert Jansch and Jackson C Frank, as influenced […]
“Metal Bird feels blissfully unmoored from any sense of time and space, its astral Americana hymns hovering somewhere between the dirt and the stars, between a bygone golden age and our tense present, between raw intimacy and dreamlike splendour.” Pitchfork Metal Bird gets a release on Basin Rock, the Todmorden based record label who gave […]
More excellence from the Basin Rock label following albums from Nadia Reid, Julie Byrne, Aoife Nessa Frances, Jim Ghedi, Alex Maas.. With a special knack for balancing bright pop melodies with a drifting sense of melancholy, LA based Johanna Samuels new album Excelsior! is a tender, honest document of the importance of companionship above all […]
