Hush The Many (Heed The Few)

Hush The Many (Heed The Few) are a folky quartet of musicians. Dubiously I could tag them as Post-folk, but this would only be due to the need chuck some sort of label at them. To suit their name, hushed vocals sit alongside finger picked guitar and atmospheric strings.

After seeing them live, I have to say that my first reaction to their "Mind The Sprall" EP was not entirely positive. I felt the production muddied the songs, and that some of the live beauty was lost. In the end though the songs shone through on me. So here for your entertainment are a couple of them.

Buy:
Song Of A Page 7"

Listen:
Paper Doll
Desire Pt II


Links:
Myspace
hushthemany.com

The Strange Death Of Liberal England

The Strange Death of Liberal England are a band that have been brought together through their shared love of the Montreal based constellation record label, and all the post-rock bands that grace its register. The Portsmouth quintet's sound harks back to this shared affection of bands like Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Do Make Say Think, but for me also share a rawer edge with, dare I say it, more popular acts such as The Arcade Fire.

Unlike the vast majority of post-rock bands, TSDOLE, sometimes inject the music with more vocal tales of Apocalypse, war and death, but interestingly, do not take the same attitude to crowd communication, instead holding up placards with phrases such as "Repent! Repent!" on them.

Anyway if all this talk of over the top pretentiousness has got you thirsty, here are a couple of tunes to get you going.

Buy:
A Day, Another Day (via recordstore.co.uk)

Listen:
Mozart On 33
Summer Gave Us Sweets But Autumn Gave Us Wrought Division

Links:
Myspace
tsdole.co.uk