"the album is an outsider folk meets leftfield white gospel one of a kind and deserves your close attention."

"there is an unpolished candour throughout the album, the antithesis of LA’s studio botox, photoshopped press shots and social media neediness"

"And so the song continues in lovely dreamy fashion, the instrumentation and voice gently swirling around each other before melting into the slide augmented, ambient cushion. "

insistent acoustic motifs twist in on themselves, hypnotising all those within earshot before fading out to let the drone have its moment in the sun and show off it's lysergic charm.

if languid, somewhat wistful, subtly electronic injected folk with earthy, relatable tales are the order of the day then Great Horned Owl will see you right.

his selfless approach leaves the focus on Åsbakk, whose voice rings pure and true from the instrumental gloom, deftly traversing centuries and breathing new life into these songs

Knouse adopts a similar laidback approach to his guitar playing, ambling along seemingly lost in thought most of the time, occasionally upping the intensity and form to accentuate his vocals when he feels like it.

he’s just released this eye opening snapshot of the British folk underground, and when I say underground I mean it.

Just as you think he might be laying his hat in more folky terrain he's off on an electroacoustic, voyage full of precision placed and played micro-sounds that gives folktronica a cosmic Americana injection

if you liked any of her previous LPs then you’ll immediately feel right at home, those translucent vocals and softly plucked guitar still melt into what sounds like the ambient soundscapes to your most pleasant dreams.

It’s a delicate and delightful EP, and one for the readers that appreciated the recent Maxine Funke tip.

All is not lost but time is fast running out. The revolution will not be televised but there is strength in numbers and the music is better in the resistance.

adding an air of universal mystery and cosmic shimmer to the virtuoso guitar interplay

symbiotic field recordings bring some fresh air & fauna into your listening space & act as the perfect bed for his guitar meditations

It's a pleasantly microdosed, bittersweet, consummately crafted and timeless alt-pop gem that's been on repeat the last few days.

drift off into deeper ambient reflection, lonesome six string laments, pleasantly distorted ambient guitar and genteel acoustic folk,

This is DIY alt-folk at its finest

The new album is his lushest and fullest realisation of his constantly morphing, gently experimental, string rich sound.

On its own the lyrical content and vocal depths might have been enough, but fortuitously it's also the most psychedelic track on the LP.

as sun baked ambling Americana meets unhurried country, classic vibes hang out with the outsiders

There’s a real folkiness to proceedings with Phillips falsetto urged higher by the acoustic guitar picking and post modern piano tinkling

Sounding like a Daily Mail headline or Faragian sound bite, the intriguingly named France, You're on Your Own are Liverpool based Mayan...

The three singles suggested the LP would be some sort of cosmic acid-folk affair, so I wasn’t anticipating this wild ride

It's a multiple emotion tugging slice of forward looking folk noir not noir that deserves your attention