Following You’, is described by Folk Radio UK as ‘a piercing light breeze from the Irish sea. It possesses a memorable hook that will sit in your head for days, repeating itself with a relentlessness that reveals a pop sensibility Siobhan should absolutely not suppress. If this track could be compared to anyone, I’d plump for Clannad in their imperial 1980s phase. The layered voices and overlapping lines are a tonic for the ear.


I am older than I was 
Reflected in the glass 
I am summer turned to rain 
A figure from the past 

And all the while I’m following you 
Stepping close behind 
Turning circles 
Time again 
The way you stalk my mind 

I was your only one 

Now my house is full of ghosts 
You know them all by name 
You know anger 
You know grief 
But hope’s the one I blame 
She reels me in and pulls me close 
I’m tethered like a kite 
Oh spool me out 
Let me go 
Your heart has taken flight 

But oh she pulls me down again, again, again, again oh… 

Piece by piece 
Bit by bit 
We pulled ourselves apart 
Till the pieces won’t all fit 
Is that my soul? 
Was this your heart? 
And if we were much greater than 
The sum of all these things 
Why do we have to analyze the joy that they could bring 

It’s gonna pull me down again, again, again, again, oh… 
Now you pull me down again, again, and oh what then? 

And all the while 
I’m following you 
Falling far behind 
Broken like the memory 
You cannot call to mind.

Icarus Girl

Following You (Radio Edit)

‘The album closes with the intriguing A sin nonetheless with a minimal guitar-only backdrop to a dynamic vocal that soars and cuts through with a welcome edginess. It’s a powerful way to sign off.’ 
Neil March - Demerara recordsFrom the debut album Icarus Girl by Siobhan McCrudden released in December 2018 on hungersleep records.

Noted as ‘One to watch’ by NewSoundWales, Siobhan McCrudden’s has been described as a singer who is gifted with one of the finest voices in contemporary UK folk music.

Raised in London to parents with Scottish and Irish roots, Cardiff-based singer songwriter McCrudden, crafts songs of intensity and sweetness, recounting personal stories whilst reflecting a vivid fascination with dark folk tales and superstitions.

Siobhan’s early performances found her on the coffee house circuit of New York. From these beginnings she went on to play larger gigs both in America and at home, performing at festivals and folk clubs. Her first single ‘The Mermaid in Your Glass’, was on the top 10 Fresh Favs on BBC Radio 6 Music - Fresh On The Net and was played on BBC Radio Wales (Bethan Elfyn, Adam Walton), Radio Cardiff, newsoundwales, The Folk Pilot, CuillinFM, PhonicFM, Lonely Oak Radio, Symfozone Radio and Spotify playlists Double J, Big Tune IMR, Sweater Weather and more..

Reviews:
‘Oh Little Red’ bleeds with tension and the wonderfully arranged strings push and pull every last drop of feeling out of the piece. Folk Radio UK

‘Absolutely beautiful, just stunning, the voice is something else’ Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales

‘There is a clear debt in Siobhan's sound to early Joni Mitchell albums. There is also a definite familiarity with late sixties British folk bands such as Fairport Convention and Pentangle in her cultural hinterland’ From the Margins

‘I was blown away by her voice, her guitar playing ... She really is something special’ Bethan Elfyn, BBC Radio Wales

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siobhanmccrudden.bandcamp.com/releases
www.facebook.com/siobhanmccruddenmusic/ twitter.com/McCruddenmusic
www.instagram.com/siobhan_mccrudden

Released by:
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A Sin Nonetheless

Here is the well that they dug you
there neath the salt and the snow
pushing you in was the easy part love
pulling you out I don't know

All of the lies that they told you
are just like the ice on a stream
under the wright 
of the words they won't state
all of the things that they mean.

Noted as ‘One to watch’ by NewSoundWales, Siobhan McCrudden’s has been described as a singer who is gifted with one of the finest voices in contemporary UK folk music.

Raised in London to parents with Scottish and Irish roots, Cardiff-based singer songwriter McCrudden, crafts songs of intensity and sweetness, recounting personal stories whilst reflecting a vivid fascination with dark folk tales and superstitions.

Siobhan’s early performances found her on the coffee house circuit of New York. From these beginnings she went on to play larger gigs both in America and at home, performing at festivals and folk clubs. Her first single ‘The Mermaid in Your Glass’, was on the top 10 Fresh Favs on BBC Radio 6 Music - Fresh On The Net and was played on BBC Radio Wales (Bethan Elfyn, Adam Walton), Radio Cardiff, newsoundwales, The Folk Pilot, CuillinFM, PhonicFM, Lonely Oak Radio, Symfozone Radio and Spotify playlists Double J, Big Tune IMR, Sweater Weather and more..

Reviews:
‘Oh Little Red’ bleeds with tension and the wonderfully arranged strings push and pull every last drop of feeling out of the piece. Folk Radio UK

‘Absolutely beautiful, just stunning, the voice is something else’ Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales

‘There is a clear debt in Siobhan's sound to early Joni Mitchell albums. There is also a definite familiarity with late sixties British folk bands such as Fairport Convention and Pentangle in her cultural hinterland’ From the Margins

‘I was blown away by her voice, her guitar playing ... She really is something special’ Bethan Elfyn, BBC Radio Wales

________________________________________
siobhanmccrudden.bandcamp.com/releases
www.facebook.com/siobhanmccruddenmusic/ twitter.com/McCruddenmusic
www.instagram.com/siobhan_mccrudden

Released by:
hungersleep records
P-line:
℗ hungersleep records

Oh Little Red

'The Mermaid in your Glass’ is the first single from the debut album 'Icarus Girl' by Siobhan McCrudden. Icarus Girl is released world-wide on 7 December 2018 on hungersleep records.
Noted as ‘One to watch’ by NewSoundWales, Siobhan McCrudden’s voice has been described as ‘fragile, pure and hugely distinctive’. Siobhan crafts songs of intensity and sweetness, recounting personal stories whilst re- flecting a vivid fascination with dark folk tales and superstitions. The result is a hauntingly nostalgic and elemen- tal set of alluring narratives and exquisitely melancholic songs that defy any one particular genre and entrance the listener through their spellbinding beauty.
Siobhan’s early performances found her on the coffee house circuit of New York. From these beginnings she went on to play larger gigs both in America and at home, performing at festivals and folk clubs. Siobhan has had radio play of her songs on Cardiff Radio and on BBC Wales through BBC Introducing's Adam Walton.
‘Icarus Girl’ is produced by acclaimed art-rock musician GRICE who alongside a select few musical contributors bring an understated warmth and intricacy to the album.
'Siobhan McCrudden really does have a voice of great intensity and beauty' NewSoundWales. "Absolutely beautiful ... just stunning, the voice is something else" Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales

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