Feldspar are a lyrical indie five-piece from London who deal in heartbreak and bitterness, anguish and redemption.
The band released four singles in four months during 2014 — followed by a fifth single this year.
All five singles feature on the band’s new EP If We’re Still Together released on 29th June via Label Fandango.
We had a listen:
‘Five Years’ is grand and gorgeous.
With a carillon-filled atmosphere and a Western feel. The twang comes directly from the rawhide musicianship and the pang of lonely pine.
The dusty-gold rhythms and the cowhand vocal all seem to add to the overall effect — which is mallow-green sadness.
Likewise, ‘Cure For The Night’ is similarly plucked and has a drumlike body. This also has talkative vocals which are persistently courageous, and the whole piece runs along hot — like the Perkinsville caboose.
‘Beautiful People’ is gentle and compassionate, with a quiet conscience and a trembling heart.
The lyrical quality on this is superb. And the song soon begins to shine into your essence with its softly wavering and insistent perfection.
Here are broken-hearted doubts and dubious suspicions… brought to you in the shape of malachite rock-forms and Western expressionism… And with more kick and calcium than a mountain mule.
Words: @neilmach 2015 ©
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