Smoke Fairies’ first full-length U.S. release is out today, June 14! Best friends since childhood, this British duo have created a truly fantastical experience on Through Low Light and Trees. Understated yet powerful, the album is filled with strong American folk and blues influences.
The album’s opening track, Summer Fades, features the two ladies’ gorgeous voices as they converge to welcome the listener to their mystical world; it is by far my favorite track. It also provides the poetic lyrics from which the title of the album derived. Erie Lackawanna is moodier, and with the raw emotion in the lines, “I can see a wrecking ball coming for the house/ See a wrecking ball gonna tear it down,” give me chills. Jewel may be an outdated reference, but Morning Blues reminds me an awful lot of her song Near You Always.
The pair get sassier on Strange Moon Rising, which has the twangy-est, most Western feel on the album. The enchanting cover art appears to come from the imagery of this darkly beautiful video:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F5VQnMYtw8 425×344]Purchase this lovely album online here. For more info or to buy tickets for their U.S. Tour click here.
Smoke Fairies U.S. Tour
June 18 The Dakota Toronto, ON
June 20 Passim Folk and Cultural Center Boston, MA
June 21 Rockwood Music Hall New York, NY
June 22 Rock Shop Brooklyn, NY
Concerts with Rasputina
July 29 Key Club Los Angeles, CA
July 30 SLO Brewing Co San Luis Obispo, CA
August 4 WOW Hall San Francisco, CA
August 5 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
August 6 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
August 8 The Railyard Billing, MT
August 11 Bourbon Theater Lincoln, NB
August 12 Blue Moose Tap House Iowa City, IA
August 13 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
August 14 Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI
August 16 Underground Sandusky, OH
