Fable Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/fable/ New and independent music Thu, 31 May 2018 10:44:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-finalwhite-e1490809629909-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Fable Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/fable/ 32 32 88787050 Song Premiere: Sam Moss shares new track, Vertebrae https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/04/premiere-sam-moss-unveils-new-track/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:13:28 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=8786 Last week we posted about Fable, the new album from Sam Moss. We were pretty excited to hear the whole thing after hearing first single ‘Postman’, and so are delighted to today share another track from the album. If you missed our first post, here’s what Moss says about the record – “Fable is a collection of eight songs that were written in 2013 and 2014. They formed fully during a period of rootlessness and floated with me across the time zones […]

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]]> Last week we posted about Fable, the new album from Sam Moss. We were pretty excited to hear the whole thing after hearing first single ‘Postman’, and so are delighted to today share another track from the album. If you missed our first post, here’s what Moss says about the record – “Fable is a collection of eight songs that were written in 2013 and 2014. They formed fully during a period of rootlessness and floated with me across the time zones of the United States. It is not a road record, though it is owed to the road.”

‘Vertebrae’ is a sparse and slow folk rock track, opening with susurrant percussion before the onset of guitars and Moss’ deep and cryptic lyrics, at once corporeal and metaphysical, skin & bone and the ever-rushing passage of time.

“Did you watch my vertebrae
Slendering out
Or did you watch your own?
Stretching skin over the bone
I’ve grown
Learning to be proud”

Fans of acts such as Small Sur and Elephant Micah while find lots to like. The really good news is that I’ve had the good fortune to hear the entire album and the quality doesn’t drop one bit.

Fable will be released on the 6th of May. If you like what you hear, lend your support by preordering at the Sam Moss Indiegogo page (including some super cool bonus perks – we particularly like The Book option), or via his Bandcamp.

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]]> 8786 Sam Moss unveils new album, Fable https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/03/31/sam-moss-unveils-new-album-fable/ Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:01:04 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=8680 Boston folk artist Sam Moss has recently announced his ninth studio album, Fable. For those unfamiliar with Moss’ work, he is able to marry technically proficient fingerpicked guitar work with old-school folk songwriting. As his bio declares: “His work rambles through various offshoots of Americana, from original and interpreted folk songs, to pastoral and occasionally jagged instrumental guitar”. On recording Fable, Moss enlisted the help of a backing band (Michael Roberts on electric guitar, Jeff Murphy on bass, and Jesse Fox […]

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]]> Boston folk artist Sam Moss has recently announced his ninth studio album, Fable. For those unfamiliar with Moss’ work, he is able to marry technically proficient fingerpicked guitar work with old-school folk songwriting. As his bio declares: “His work rambles through various offshoots of Americana, from original and interpreted folk songs, to pastoral and occasionally jagged instrumental guitar”. On recording Fable, Moss enlisted the help of a backing band (Michael Roberts on electric guitar, Jeff Murphy on bass, and Jesse Fox on drums), which promises to take things into uncharted folk rock territory.

Moss has posted the first track, ‘Postman’, as a taster and it has certainly whetted my appetite. The track captures the themes of the album overall, which Moss says was created “during a period of rootlessness and floated with me across the time zones of the United States.”

Fable is due for release on the 6th May on Lost Honey Records. You can pre-order it on CD, vinyl or digital download via the Sam Moss Bandcamp page. Alternatively you can pledge help via Indiegogo to get some exciting (and imaginative) extras. Moss also has a growing list of tour dates which you can see at his website.

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Photo by Emily Haviland Baker

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