Friday 20 November 2009

FREELANCE WHALES - WEATHERVANES

Debut album which I must say I love. The band is pretty new and has received some decent buzz, NME calling them 'fairyland twee-folk'. They've been described accurately as having a "palpable warmth and tactful touch that crackles throughout their strongest tunes's group chants, harmonies, occasional computer beats and baroque-pop arrangements that should prove irresistible to people with soft spots for the likes of Sufjan, Ra Ra Riot and Postal Service." The album is self-released, and it is honest (and twee, judging the artwork) music that is ridiculously catchy.