New Music: Folks – ‘Skull & Bones’

While there’s quite a bit of exciting new music happening at the minute, not much of it is coming from good old fashioned UK guitar acts. Save for reliable old hands like Richard Hawley and seasoned campaigners like The Maccabees, guitar music is in a bit of a lull and in desperate need of young and exciting new blood.

It’s far too early to know whether new Manchester six-piece band Folks are capable of injecting a bit of life and soul into the guitar scene, but there are some promising elements to their new single ‘Skull & Bones’ – which sounds a bit like The Coral covering Paul Weller (or maybe the other way round). Have a listen here and let me know what you think:

It’s always dangerous for new guitar rock bands – trying to use their Britpop influences as much as possible without getting wrapped up in them and sounding like Jet is quite difficult. So lets hope Folks can avoid that fate when they release their debut album I See Cathedral on 1 October.


Post Author: Luke Glassford

All-Noise was founded in 2010 with just one simple aim – to highlight and celebrate ‘proper music’, made by real people with real musical inspirations.

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    Folks - 'Say Something' | All-Noise

    (2012-08-29 - 8:40 pm)

    […] Tagged: Folks After showcasing their Brit-rock chops a few months ago with debut single ‘Skull & Bones’, Folks have chosen a more laid-back and melodic tune for their second release. Listen to ‘Say […]

    […] See Cathedrals is out on 1 October with ‘Say Something’, the follow-up to debut single ‘Skull And Bones’, coming out a week later on 8 […]

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