The Fernweh will aim to keep the good vibes going when they release a new double A-side single via Skeleton Records on March 29th.
Comprising Sunrise – a cover of The Who song – and New Brighton Sigh, it’ll be available digitally and on limited edition vinyl under the name Sunsighs, following on from last year’s highly acclaimed self-titled debut album. Live4ever was all over it too as we praised an album which reaffirmed the notion that ‘sometimes wanting for nothing can feel like everything‘:
“Centred around the notion of a reborn Fairport Convention, in the flesh their heady blend of modernist consciousness with arcane musical notions of the island’s past slips its moorings more than once, but there is much more substance to it than faeries and Poor Sally Sits A-Weeping.”
“This a quiet odyssey they claim that is, at its simplest, an ‘exploration of Englishness through folk and rock and roll’ (as if this was something with easy boundaries), their starting point is the electrified legacy of Bert Jansch. Amongst the rich evocations and portraits there are those who are haunted – such as the old man adorned by the ashes of colonialism on Hand Me Down, or a whisper found in the scattered instrumental snippets of Afternoon Nap and the psychedelic tufts of Winterlude.”
Also announced is a date at the Royal Albert Hall in London on March 29th supporting Doves for Teenage Cancer Trust.
Tour dates:
March
8 – Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
9 – YES, Manchester
26 – O2 Institute, Birmingham (w/ The Zutons)
28 – Barrowlands – Glasgow (w/ The Zutons)
29 – The Royal Albert Hall, London (Teenage Cancer Trust w/ Doves)
30 – The Roundhouse, London (w/ The Zutons)
April
2 – Rock City, Nottingham (w/ The Zutons)
5,6 – Olympia, Liverpool (w/ The Zutons)