Plug
25-01-2011, 13:54
Plug presents Smoke Fairies + See of Bees
Friday 28th Jan // 7pm // £7.00
http://www.the-plug.com/events-and-tickets/live/smoke-fairies
http://www.myspace.com/smokefairies
http://www.myspace.com/seaofbees
/// Smoke Fairies
With a name like that it would ill behove the Sussex duo of Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies (who are Smoke Fairies) to deal in anything but ethereal, folk-tinged melancholy and wistful, wonderstruck song craft. Right enough, that’s pretty much exactly what they deliver on this, their debut proper – the follow up to Ghosts, a singles and obscurities round up released to some acclaim last spring. Certainly, if romantic English folk languor is your bag then Through Low Light and Trees ought to be an essential purchase.
'dark, lustful blues-folk' MOJO
'frankly the best thing I have heard in years' Richard Hawley
beautifully harmonised, wistful songs... This is enchanting' The Gaurdian
Smoke Fairies are stronger, sexier and more sultry ... yet still maintain a fragile vulnerability; ethereally enchanting' The Times
'These girls are Bob Dylan's dream' Channel 4
/// Sea Of Bees
ea of Bees is the musical project of Julie Ann Bee, or Jules as everyone calls her.
She sings, writes the songs, and plays lots of musical instruments.
"Took me about 50 seconds — the length of the woozy, haunting intro to “Marmalade” — to completely fall for Sea of Bees, the nom de tune of Sacramento indie-popper Julie Baenziger. Her debut album “Songs for the Ravens” sounds folky in some places, gauzy and ambient in others and twee as hell in still others, but beautiful throughout, and a potent reminder that emotional virtue is an artist’s most precious commodity. This one’s special, folks, let’s not screw it up." -Kevin Bronson, Buzzbands LA, LA Weekly
"Songs for the Ravens is bound to be one of this year’s finest records;as soon as you hear it you’re not going to be able to shakeit.” -Ned Lannamann,Portland Mercury
“I’m not entirely sure why I love this album so much... ...That which I cannot put my finger on, is the mysterious, wonderful, and addictive qualities of this album as a whole. Bravo to Jules and her Sea of Bees.” -Jason Lytle (Grandaddy, Admiral Radley)
"Baenziger has a quality in her voice and her arrangements that suggests she has too much integrity to get covered in gloss. Wherever she ends up taking Sea of Bees, I suspect it will be worth following."
Consequence of Sound
Friday 28th Jan // 7pm // £7.00
http://www.the-plug.com/events-and-tickets/live/smoke-fairies
http://www.myspace.com/smokefairies
http://www.myspace.com/seaofbees
/// Smoke Fairies
With a name like that it would ill behove the Sussex duo of Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies (who are Smoke Fairies) to deal in anything but ethereal, folk-tinged melancholy and wistful, wonderstruck song craft. Right enough, that’s pretty much exactly what they deliver on this, their debut proper – the follow up to Ghosts, a singles and obscurities round up released to some acclaim last spring. Certainly, if romantic English folk languor is your bag then Through Low Light and Trees ought to be an essential purchase.
'dark, lustful blues-folk' MOJO
'frankly the best thing I have heard in years' Richard Hawley
beautifully harmonised, wistful songs... This is enchanting' The Gaurdian
Smoke Fairies are stronger, sexier and more sultry ... yet still maintain a fragile vulnerability; ethereally enchanting' The Times
'These girls are Bob Dylan's dream' Channel 4
/// Sea Of Bees
ea of Bees is the musical project of Julie Ann Bee, or Jules as everyone calls her.
She sings, writes the songs, and plays lots of musical instruments.
"Took me about 50 seconds — the length of the woozy, haunting intro to “Marmalade” — to completely fall for Sea of Bees, the nom de tune of Sacramento indie-popper Julie Baenziger. Her debut album “Songs for the Ravens” sounds folky in some places, gauzy and ambient in others and twee as hell in still others, but beautiful throughout, and a potent reminder that emotional virtue is an artist’s most precious commodity. This one’s special, folks, let’s not screw it up." -Kevin Bronson, Buzzbands LA, LA Weekly
"Songs for the Ravens is bound to be one of this year’s finest records;as soon as you hear it you’re not going to be able to shakeit.” -Ned Lannamann,Portland Mercury
“I’m not entirely sure why I love this album so much... ...That which I cannot put my finger on, is the mysterious, wonderful, and addictive qualities of this album as a whole. Bravo to Jules and her Sea of Bees.” -Jason Lytle (Grandaddy, Admiral Radley)
"Baenziger has a quality in her voice and her arrangements that suggests she has too much integrity to get covered in gloss. Wherever she ends up taking Sea of Bees, I suspect it will be worth following."
Consequence of Sound