Smoke Fairies debut album given September release date

Following a number of highly-acclaimed singles, Smoke Fairies release their much-anticipated debut album, 'Through Low Light and Trees', on 6th September on V2 / Cooperative Music.

Recorded at Sawmills studio in Cornwall with producer Head (best known for his work with PJ Harvey) at the controls, 'Through Low Light And Trees' is an exquisitely shivery blend of alternative folk-rock and a more humid, bluesy brand of Americana , a sound both eerily ancient and thrillingly modern, with beautifully interlocking harmonies and guitar parts behind the spectral melodies.

Through its 11 tracks, 'Through Low Light And Trees' smoulders with an honest, often painful emotional intimacy. “A lot of our songs are drawn from the experience of travelling around and leaving, or feeling distant and out of place, and the heartache that comes from looking back and longing,” says Katherine Blamire, one half of Smoke Fairies. ‘Summer Fades’, ‘Morning Blues’, ‘Storm Song’ and ‘After The Rain’ all tap a well of loneliness, when relationships stumble and crumble, though ‘Hotel Room’ and ‘Blue Skies Fall’ tap a more optimistic view of love.

Smoke Fairies’ own fairytale continues to unfold. 2009 saw them tour with Richard Hawley across Britain and be produced by Jack White for a Third Man-released 7”, while this year they were heralded as one of the band’s to see at SXSW and supported Laura Marling in the US. Most recently Jessica and Katherine added angelic backing vocals to Richard Hawley’s current EP 'False Lights From The Land'. When the calibre of White and Hawley are entranced, you know this isn’t fairy-tale, but the absolute truth.