Is honey-soaked harmonies a too sweet description? You know what, I don’t care, because that is what you get from this absolutely beautiful track from three piece folk band The Staves.
Very Joni Mitchell, very Laura Marling, whoever else you want to compare them to, they do essentially bring their own sound to the forefront and you will lose yourself in those harmonies. Easy listening, but not in the sometimes demeaning sense of that genre, you can so easily close your eyes in be immersed in where the song takes you with its simplicity and haunting vibrations.
Currently providing support for The Civil Wars on their American tour; I sincerely hope to see them live back in Blighty at some point this year – preferably somewhere like the Eden Sessions, where their sound could in anyway be equalled, complimenting the setting of a summer’s gig or festival. That, is where this sound needs to be heard!
From the EP ‘Mexico’ (2011) / @thestaves
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