old favourites and new listenings

We Aeronauts.

I can't quite believe I haven't put anything up about this band yet for not only are they pretty brilliant, the small girl in the big hat is a friend of mine. So, We Aeronauts are super. They have the great trumpet melodies of Beirut, are cheerier than your average folk band and remain wonderfully original despite the growing number of large, multi-instrument folk groups. You can catch them at small festivals around the country or they tend to gig in or around London/Brighton/Oxford. Have a proper non-youtube listen here if you like them.

Young The Giant.

A wonderful American band who are a bit more mainstream compared with my usual listenings (they are about to start touring with incubus) but great nonetheless. I particularly like this acoustic version of I Got.

Hiatus & Shura.

Once again my favourite trusty blogger Flying With Anna has led me straight to an undiscovered gem. Looking forward to the EP being released - in the mean time this video is wonderful.

Lucy Rose.

I'm already a big fan and have written about her before, but this beautiful version from Watch Listen Tell (the best channel on youtube if you didn't know) has been on repeat for the past few days:

Just one last video from We Aeronauts as this video makes me smile - for reasons made clear a few minutes in...

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