POLR Playlist

Loose T. - Lyrics and arrangement

Emmanuelle Le Cann - Mixing and master
Maureen Béguin - Cover photo
Released 02/07/21

No Label

Loose T. - No Label

Little Bird - single from Rainy Day Woman.

Released with Pear O'Legs Records on the 16/07/21.

Written and arranged by Rainy Day Woman

Hannah Pawson - banjo and vocals
Gabriel Wynne - guitar
Kit Massey - violin
Andy Hamill - bass

Ru Lemer - Producer, mixing and mastering

Little Bird

Rainy Day Woman - Little Bird

Fritillaries debut eponymous album.
Out on the 15th July with Pear O'Legs Records.

Fritillaries - Lost My Mind

Fritillaries' debut eponymous album.
Released on the 15th July 2022 with Pear O'Legs Records.

Fritillaries - Nights Are Drawing In

Released on Pear O'Legs Records on 02/01/22

HYTHE - Rocket To Ride On

Alice - Andy Skellam

Out on Pear O'Legs Records on the 25th Nov

I'm In Love With My Phone

Benji releases the first single - Satellite - from debut album Songs to Make You Happy on the 25th November 2022 via Pear O' Legs Records

After a solo hiatus of over five years, Welsh singer and songwriter Benji Tranter returns with his debut album Songs to Make You Happy. With a lo-fi, DIY ethos, unembellished guitars and vocals deliver a charming, sometimes chaotic, collection of vignettes; diary entries, polaroid snapshots, throwaway poems and short stories. The influence of US songwriters like Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst and Daniel Johnston is clear throughout, with occasional elements from Scott Walker, Nick Drake, and the care-free naivety of Jonathan Richman.

Growing up on the Welsh Marches, Benji has been songwriting for many years now, penning two EPs in 2014 and 2016, more recently focussing his efforts toward his power-pop group Ski Lift who have been featured across R1, BBC6 and BBC Wales. He has also collaborated with Jovis Lane in pop outfit Show Boy, and is currently a member of psych-folk group The All Night Chemist.

"Beautifully crafted" - Adam Walton, BBC Wales

Satellite

Written on NYE 2020, To Your Eyes is stripped right back to just Benji and his guitar. About the song, Benji says “I find this time of year truly magical, a time to slow down and take stock, to hibernate, away from the busyness of the world, the anxiety of social media. I’ve had a few occasions where songs will come to me around New Years Eve, but this one stuck and I’m very fond of it. It’s about shaking off my jaded world view (briefly), appreciating what I have, and choosing, or at least intending to choose love, kindness, and hope”

To Your Eyes (out NYD 2023) is the second single from debut album Songs to Make You Happy, coming January 20th 2023 on Pear O’ Legs Records.

Welsh singer and songwriter Benji Tranter returns with his debut album Songs to Make You Happy. With a lo-fi, DIY ethos, unembellished guitars and vocals deliver a charming, sometimes chaotic, collection of vignettes; diary entries, polaroid snapshots, throwaway poems and short stories. The influence of US songwriters like Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst and Daniel Johnston is clear throughout, with occasional elements from Scott Walker, Nick Drake, and the care-free naivety of Jonathan Richman.

Out on the January 20, 2023 on Pear O’Legs Records.
The first single from the album, 'Satellite' is out now.

Songs written and performed by Benji Tranter
Drums on tracks 3 and 9 by Ben Howarth
Trumpet on track 11 by Jovis Lane
Tracks 3 and 9 engineered by Ru Lemer at Temple Music Studio
All other tracks recorded at home
Produced by Jovis Lane
Mastered by Ed Woods
Album cover photo by Calum Lynn

To Your Eyes

Sandwich Song

Pig In A Sock

Billy's Back At The Bar

Released on the 27th October 2023 with POLR

Bluebird - Andy Skellam

Released on the 19th January 2024 on Pear O'Legs Records.
Written by Andy Skellam

Drums by Rob Pemberton
Guitar, bass and vocals by Andy Skellam

Artwork by Lisa Yardley and Sally Imbert

Lisa's Riding - Andy Skellam

Weight Of The World - Andy Skellam

Brighten Up The Place - Andy Skellam

Loose T. - Demons In Your Head (Shout Them Out)

Brown Trout

Gone To Ground is the new single from London formed, Bristol based folk ensemble Apple of My Eye. Timed to coincide with the anniversary of the fire at Grenfell Tower, an official launch event will take place on 23rd June at The Gresham Centre in Central London. All proceeds from the sale of Gone To Ground, along with a portion of ticket sales from the launch event, will be donated to Grenfell United. 

Apple of My Eye’s influences are drawn from English folk and storytelling. With intriguing, lyrically rich songs and multi-part vocal harmonies and traditional folk instruments, the band has won widespread acclaim for their imagination and wit.  

Guitarist Arran Glass from the band states: “Folk music has always responded to tragedy and injustice. Gone to Ground is emotional response to what happened. It reflects on the failures of multiple authorities in this preventable tragedy. One year on, two-thirds of victims are still homeless and those responsible for fire safety failings at Grenfell have never been brought to justice. As the chorus insists, they have all gone to ground”. 

The tragedy is never explicitly named in the single. Instead the subtle but powerful lyrics perform a delicate balancing act between the political and the mythological. With rich harmonies and instrumentation, the track deftly moves from sadness and grief to anger. It begins with eerie, atmospheric strings, building to a driving climax of clattering drums.  
 
Staples of the London folk scene and music festivals, Apple of My Eye has released three albums – Devils, Seven Tides and The Beast Below – and has now teamed up with esteemed producer Gerry Diver (Sam Lee/Lisa Knapp) to record the fourth, One for Crow – the band’s most ambitious and personal album to date. The album is due for release later in 2018. 
 
 Gone To Ground was sung by lead vocalist Chris Duggan with backing vocals from Arran Glass and Jo Silverston. Instrumental backing was provided by Arran Glass (guitar), Chris Duggan (bouzouki), Jo Silverstone (cello), Kit Massey, Dan Duggan and Gerry Diver (violins) and Phil Cornwell (double bass). In a marked departure from their previous sound, Apple of my Eye are joined for this single by Pete Flood on drums (Bellowhead/Lisa Knapp).

Gone To Ground - Official Single

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