Howlin Wuelf Media :: Smoke Fairies ::

Female London-based duo Smoke Fairies are releasing Ghosts late this Spring. This is limited edition 10” vinyl album compiling their first two singles and an EP, being issued by 453 Music.

Their unique interweaving of ethereal vocal harmonizing and swampland guitars draws inspiration from sources as seemingly contradictory as the rolling hills of the pair’s native Sussex and the foothills of the Appalachian mountains; the smoky jazz cafes of New Orleans to the sunny meadows of the English countryside… try to pigeonhole the Smoke Fairies? You might as well try to capture a storm in a whisky bottle.

This music wells up from deep in their souls, sometimes dark, sometimes delicate and unmistakably shaped by a distinctly British sensibilities and filled with a delicious tension -- at once warm and haunting; soothing and unsettling. Following in the footsteps of artists like the Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin (on their respective third albums), and Jefferson Airplane they’ve overhauled their musical roots and brought something new to the world. “Frozen Heart,” for instance, is a paean to love whose influences span five decades and all manner of traditional genres, putting all those the pieces together in a strikingly fresh and original way.

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Smoke Fairies formed in secondary school in Chichester when Katherine and Jessica started putting vocal harmonies together, then guitar parts and let their imaginations run free! Soon songs started coming, at first just “stupid songs about dead pets, life and where we lived.... ” then later their writing became braver and colder with a unique character and soul. Within a few years, those same songs started to carry them around the globe.

First, they headed to New Orleans and slid easily into the city’s laid back, music saturated vibe. They mixed with the wandering street musicians that filled the French Quarter and spent long days and nights at The Neutral Ground, a coffee shop where customers quickly become family. “It was like walking into somebody’s house. There was music playing every night,” says Katherine. “It was our second home. You could always go down there and see somebody you knew.” Their next stop was Vancouver, where they fell in and out of bands, played shows in dives across town, and kept writing songs - songs that glint in the sun and catch your eye. “A lot of the narratives involve leaving something behind,” explains Jessica. When the Smoke Fairies finally returned to the UK, they soon found themselves touring strange and grand theatres around the country in support of artists such as Bryan Ferry and Richard Hawley.

Now with four very collectible singles under their belts, (including a one-off on Jack White’s label Third Man Records) they are established in the UK, and are selling out their own shows in the capital. In 2010, the North America beckons again as they release Ghosts and plan on extensive touring

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