Faeland are a folk-pop band from Stroud & Bristol, UK.
In 2018. Faeland founders, Rebecca & Jacob, took a professional leap of faith
and released their debut album ‘All My Swim’. The album quickly gained support
and acclaim from BBC 6Music, Uncut Magazine, Shire Folk Magazine, BBC
Introducing and a host of others; acclaim of which is almost unheard of for a
band’s debut release.
The first two singles earned radio play and praise from Tom
Robinson, Gideon Coe (BBC 6 Music), BBC Introducing and BBC Scotland, among
many others. Faeland’s music is a beautiful selection of original, modern folk
compositions influenced by music from both sides of the Atlantic. Their songs
give the duo’s personal spin on classic themes of humanity, such as love,
healing, and magic.
Despite tackling
difficult themes and life experiences, there is a strong vein of optimism running
through the music of Faeland; as Rebecca says they are “fully committed to
making music that changes lives for the better and adds something good to human
existence”.
Key musical influences include classic artists such as Joni
Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Nick Drake and Paul Simon, alongside more modern stars
like First Aid Kit, Gillian Welch/David Rawlings, Bon Iver, R.E.M., Nick Mulvey
and Hem.
With nature and humanity’s relationship to the natural world being
such a big inspiration for Faeland’s music, Jacob explains their unusual name –
“we are named after Failand, a countryside village near us that connects us
with the land around our home and our favourite woodland. The spelling change
to "Fae" hints at the magical/mystical/other as well as the transcendental
nature of their music.
There is something in the words and melodies which goes
deeper than the everyday, touching on the mystical and the unspoken. In St
Anne's the songs will be performed on acoustic guitars, accordion, banjo,
charango, violins, lush vocals and Celtic harp.
'Faeland' will be performing at St Anne's Community & Arts Centre, Barnstaple, EX31 1SX
on the 1st November
Tickets: Contact Plough Arts Centre
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About "Faeland". “All My Swim” and “Faeland” are the first
manifestations of musical partnership Jacob Morrison and Rebecca Nelson. Both
Nelson and Morrison come from families of artists, creatives and healers.
Rebecca was born and brought up on the island of Guernsey, and Jacob in
Hackney, London. They both trained to university standard and have between them
played with a host of folk, country, Americana, jazz and world artists across
the south of England. They met through Bristol’s ever thriving music scene and
have played together ever since
