Another review of Secrets after the link:
Say Something manages to be comprehensively better than anything Mumford and Sons have come up with, it’s simultaneously stirring and complex, subtle and catchier than bubonic plague
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Follow the link to hear an interview with the band to promote new album Secrets.
By popular demand, an MP3 download link has been added at the bottom of the post.
In tribute to British folk-legend Mike Waterson – who passed away earlier this year – Hull-based alternative folk band Circus Envy perform their arrangement of one of his best loved songs: Bright Phoebus. In a log cabin.
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Circus Envy – Bright Phoebus – live acoustic by Circus Envy
Here’s a taster of the last couple of songs from the Moonbeams festival last weekend: First up is Say Something, followed by Three Score and Ten.
Read a feature on Circus Envy by the Hull Daily Mail at the link below!
“We don’t do what I call twee folk,” says Mick. “We like more down-to-earth, honest, raw folk that grabs the attention.”
via This is Hull and East Riding | Band are making ‘down-to-earth, honest, raw’ folk music.
Another review for Secrets, this time in FATEA. Secrets is available to download now from our online store.
As with many folk albums a lot of aspects of the human condition are touched upon, love, loss, sex, suicide and abandonment, not necessarily in that order. It brings about an album that is not only highly listenable, but one that has a real power and more importantly, one that you will want to keep on coming back to.
Some very kind words about Secrets from Folkwords.com.
The mix of primarily acoustic traditional and contemporary folk contained in ‘Secrets’ effortlessly blends heritage and innovation with experimentation, a progression so accomplished that ‘Secrets’ moves seamlessly between its styles and influences to present a perfect whole
via Album Reviews.
One of our favourite blogs, Acuvi, have featured The Burning Sky as one of their picks for the month of May.
Alt folk band Circus Envy have announce their latest single, released to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Hull Blitz, when their home city Kingston-Upon-Hull was incendiary bombed in the Second World War.
via Month Of May « Acuvi.
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