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I can't stress enough how important for me was the band's 2010 album Twin Feathers. It brought me into the world of atmospheric, post-rock-influenced post-folk and I love it until now. Finally, after over a decade since this one and 8 years after the last album, the British band released a new one and it brings the same kind of vibes I missed.
Their approach to music is very characteristic: on one hand it is clearly inspired by folk music with the inclusion of violins and the way they address folk mythology-like themes in the lyrics. On the other, the compositions are very much guitar-based and particularly noisy, this is some real post-rock meets post-folk situation. And the style hasn't changed over the years much - Rachel Watkins' delicate but also clear vocals, violins ' role (very familiar in Maiden's Call) and the torrential guitar noise that is so mesmerizing and unnerving at the same time.
The album is opened by the single Maiden's Call which makes an instant post-folk hit but is followed by noisy ten minutes of Songbird - a song that doesn't follow your typical song's construction but is pure and unrefined beauty. This may actually be the main difference between the old and the new sound of the band: it seems their music is noisier, the guitars are coarser and more rock-like. But it sounds so well, be it in the most lively songs like Under the Waves or the moody post-rock ballads. Also, let's mention the absolutely staggering cover art picture.
Burials costs 7 GBP.
Check: Maiden's Call
Country: UK
Genre: noisy post-folk
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