SINGLES BAR 12

A round-up of recent and forthcoming EPs and singles

gift-ep Singles Bar 12Friends and supporters of DARIA KULESH who pledged to support her forthcoming album, Long Lost Home, received a personalised EP, The Gift, containing four songs from the album. The opener, ‘Tamara’ may be related to ‘Tamara’s Wedding’ which opens Kara’s second album. Like all these songs it’s very Russian, dark and mysterious. ‘The Moon And The Pilot’ has been Daria’s live repertoire for some time. It’s a story from Stalin’s Russian, this version accompanied by almost solo piano but ‘Safely Wed’ is a new song, with guitar and accordion. Finally we have ‘Amanat’, another song we’ve heard live but this is its first recording and Jonny Dyer does a wonderful job with all the accompaniments. As a taster for the album it works like a charm; Daria is telling so many stories that we really haven’t heard before. Pre-orders for the album will be available soon.

big-brave-bill‘Big Brave Bill’ is the new single from KATE RUSBY and is also available as a bonus track on her forthcoming album, Life In A Paper Boat. It’s humorous song of praise to Kate’s native county and, in particular, the benefits of Yorkshire tea that started life as a bedtime song for Kate’s daughters. It’s not quite what you expect from her but it’s fun with a brass quintet joining Nick Cooke and the core of Kate’s band Damien O’Kane and Duncan Lyall.
www.katerusby.com

fear-of-fearNEIL BROPHY BAND brings us a slice of agit-pop with ‘Fear Of Fear’ – the right-wing press is rightly becoming a target for protest. They are not quite a rock band but more than a folk band, despite the whistle, mandolin and banjo. Good as the song is as a newcomer to Neil’s music we do feel that this would have been better as an EP to give us something to get our teeth into.
http://www.neilbrophy.co.uk/

porcelain-doll‘Porcelain Doll’, the new single from FREJA FRANCES begins in an appropriately delicate fashion over sustained single guitar chords, then the strings tiptoe in followed by piano. Drums launch the song into a big chorus and you realise that there is power to Freja than you first thought. The song is a double-A-side with ‘Breathe’.
https://www.facebook.com/frejafrances/

cloudy-leftoversPALENCO’s new single, ‘Cloudy Leftovers’ is available as a free download. The track is a bright poppy song with country overtones and the band is a collection of musicians including two members of the wonderful Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog and two from Eitha Tal Ffranco. It’s a nice happy sound that might have done better as a summer single.
www.recordiaucaegwyn.com

waiting-on-your-goodbye‘Waiting On Your Goodbye’ is the new single taken from the debut album by FINLAY LESLIE which will be released next year. It’s an upbeat rocky song but the subject matter is a complete contrast as the singer searches for the words to mend a damaged relationship. “Growing up shouldn’t feel this way” betrays Finlay’s youth but the writing is mature beyond her years.
https://www.facebook.com/Finlaylesliemusic/