In November 2022, fiddle and guitar duo Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell released their first duo record, You, Golden, on which they displayed a remarkable mastery and vision, especially for a debut. Last year, they marked the end of their debut album cycle with an EP of new music,102 Metres East, released on Real World X, an imprint label of Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records.
Today, they shared that they have signed to Real World Records and will release their new album, Tomorrow Held, on August 1st 2025. Tomorrow Held features eight largely instrumental tracks that incorporate elements of folk, jazz, post-rock, and chamber classical music. The press suggests: post-folk. Trad-noir. Folk nihilism. Call it what you want, their credentials have already set them apart from the crowd.
Released today, enjoy their first single, MacGill, that pays homage to the famed creative partnership of American singer/songwriters Jimmy Webb and Glen Campbell: “It’s slightly more jazz-influenced in terms of harmony and sound than the other stuff on the record,” says Spafford. “We’re going to that sweet spot at the folky end of jazz.”
The music video for ‘MacGill’ was filmed in the surroundings of Wiltshire Music Centre in the afternoon before a concert, simply capturing the essence of the duo’s live performance which exhibits an in-the-moment, intimate musical conversation.
Tomorrow Held is out 1 August 2025 and is available to pre-order on CD and LP. The single, ‘MacGill’, is available now on all digital platforms. Spafford Campbell will tour the album across the UK this autumn.
Spafford & Campbell Tour Dates
SEP 19 – POOLE Lighthouse
OCT 12 – SHEFFIELD Samuel Worth Chapel
OCT 13 – LEEDS The Attic
OCT 14 – NEWCASTLE Cumberland Arms
OCT 15 – GLASGOW Glad Cafe
OCT 16 – EDINBURGH Voodoo Rooms
OCT 17 – MANCHESTER Something More Productive
OCT 19 – OXFORD Common Ground
OCT 20 – STROUD The Prince Albert
OCT 21 – BRIGHTON Fishing Museum
OCT 28 – ASHBURTON Ashburton Arts
OCT 29 – BRISTOL Wardrobe Theatre
OCT 30 – LONDON Round Chapel
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