Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers

Produced in 2008, Glasgow’s folk-rock music collective Woodenbox using a Fistful of Fivers may be the creation of songwriter Ali Downer, and provides since sprawled right into a radiant sextet. The clothing is made up of Downer (vocals, electric guitar, piano), Nick Dudman (drums), Fraser McKirdy (bass), Jordan Croan (electric guitar), Sam Evans (saxophone), and Phil Caldwell (trumpet), who one at a time became committed to the burgeoning group. The group was created out of Downer’s single musical alias Woodenbox (from his defunct indie music group the Smoking), and he continued to add all of those other music group — the Fistful of Fivers. Smatterings of spaghetti Traditional western affects and rasping trumpets provide alive the foot-stomping experience of this unique, innovative design of folk music. The band’s Ennio Morricone affects slide following to even more traditional folk constructions and three-part harmonies with Downer’s charmingly accented tone of voice leading the billowing melodies. Their particular folk stylings captured the Scottish picture having a rapture of invigorating live shows, which soon resulted in a loyal group of fans. In ’09 2009 the music group authorized to Scottish college-run label Electric powered Honey — which experienced previously kick-started the professions of Biffy Clyro, Snow Patrol, and Belle & Sebastian — because of its 2010 debut recording, Home as well as the Crazy Hunt. Using their solid folk impact, the songs undertake a storytelling type, while incorporating a variety of genres such as for example blues, Americana, and nation, giving the recording its pulsating and interesting sound. Lead solitary “Pull a Collection” garnered countrywide curiosity from BBC 6 music presenter Marc Riley, while airplay was also forthcoming from BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 and over the U.K. The record was backed by a thorough U.K. tour alongside numerous festival appearances, as well as the music group was subsequently asked to execute at Tx music display SXSW in 2011.