Last month saw the release of Feathers, the new album from Edgelarks, the award-winning duo featuring Hannah Martin and Phillip Henry. It’s also one of our Featured Albums of the Month and in his review of the album here, Thomas Blake concluded: “There are some albums that reflect a current mood or fit snugly into their own period of history. With Feather, Edgelarks have not tried to achieve that. Instead, they have accomplished something more impressive. They have created an album that captures something much more long-lasting, universal and difficult to pin down: the nature of human happiness and the need for hope, not just now but in perpetuity. And in that respect Feather is an uplifting triumph.”
The duo have just shared their music video for Oyster (also out Song of the Day) which you can watch below:
“The link between nature, happiness and creativity is evidently a preoccupation of [Hannah] Martin’s lyrics: she explores similar ideas in Oyster, a song that works on many levels. It details how nature can create beauty despite adversity, and how humans could learn from that. It also reveals that Martin’s songwriting influences go well beyond the music world into the realm of poetry – in this case, Emily Dickinson, whose poem Hope Is The Thing With Feathers is directly referenced in the song. Martin has her own knack for the pithily poetic lyric too – ‘we fail until we don’t’ is a clever observation of both the creative process and the human condition.” Thomas Blake.
Feather is out now. Stream it here: https://ffm.to/edgelarksfeather.oyd
Order the CD via Bandcamp: https://philliphenryhannahmartin.bandcamp.com/album/feather
Upcoming Feather Album Launch Tour Dates
14/06 – ACE Space, Newbury
15/06 – Feather Launch Party at West Town Farm, Ide, nr Exeter
16/06 – Gower Folk Festival, Wales
20/06 – Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich
21/06 – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
22/06 – Shutlanger Village Hall