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Outside these pages Faeland could seem pretty much a well-kept secret, something I can’t quite get my head around, such is the polish and craft behind their output. When I Close My Eyes, their second full-length outing, builds on the promise of 2018’s ‘All My Swim’, a FRUK album of that year, and is chock full of joy, with melodic hooks snaking out in abundance. Coupled with the purity of Rebecca Nelson’s vocal, bedded within the sophisticated arrangements and backing of Jacob Morrison, the duo are augmented here by additional assorted musicians, who frame the songs sensitively and with aplomb. The presence of Martin Solomon across all the tracks, and who often appears with the duo live, bears particular mention, applying sundry harp, violin and accordion.

Based in the West Country, both the name of the duo and the nature of the songs have me thinking they draw influence from the celtic diaspora, not that these songs are in any way fiddle dee dee. Maybe it is in the water, heightened by the recording being largely done at Monmouth’s famed Rockfield Studios. Broadly grounded in acoustic guitar and voice, if with textures hued from country, folk, jazz and, yes, even pop, these are modern songs, of current experience and relevance, but still with the otherworldly ambience that they set out to apply thereto. As Nelson says herself: “fae means ‘other’ and I see music as the porthole to the other. I love how music can be a passage to this “otherness” that no-one can quite put their finger on”

Tracks:  
01 Easier
02 Was
03 Little Lights
04 End of the Day
05 Long Lost
06 Ocean Song
07 Used to
08 What Will I Be
09 Willow
10 Made to Love You
11 Tin Pan Pocket
12 To the Ones I Know and Love

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bsbGLpBSGw