Andrew Frolish

Mock Deer “The Art of Loneliness” (Independent, 2020)

March 10, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

‘The Art of Loneliness’ is an ambitious album from London-based Mock deer, also-known-as Ricky Damiani. The sound is fuller and more expansive than earlier EP releases and Damiani’s writing has grown during the long period leading […]

Video: Whitewater Ramble “Hollow”

March 10, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The new single from Whitewater Ramble is accompanied by an imaginative video that tells the tale of a crime of passion with a cleverly chopped-up chronology. The lyrics tell of, “…a grave dug out in the […]

Video Premiere: Dana Immanuel & the Stolen Band “Mama’s Codeine”

March 9, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

There’s fabulous musicianship on show in the video for ‘Mama’s Codeine’, the new song from banjo-playing Dana Immanuel, accompanied by her all-female group, The Stolen Band. This is the title track from their newly-released EP. It’s […]

Video: Villages “Cremation (Ashes to Ashes)”

March 9, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Villages have never covered another artist’s work before now but they were drawn to this wonderful Lou Reed song. It became a staple of their live set and, gradually, they claimed it as their own. Friend […]

Video Premiere: Phil Gammage “Hellcat Maggie”

March 6, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Taken from Phil Gammage’s eighth solo album, ‘It’s all Real Good’, this song tells the tale of the legendary 19th century New Yorker, Hellcat Maggie. It begins with an atmospheric strum and features Gammage’s sonorous vocal […]