Darkness Brings The Wonders Home: CD

“While Smoke Fairies initially intended to return to the earthy folk of early work like 2011s Through Low Light and Trees, the duo soon found themselves assuming a new boldness in their guitar style and, in turn, pushing into much wilder terrain. In doing so, Blamire and Davies spent much of their time perusing the guitar shop near Eks chosen studio, experimenting with countless guitars and amps to augment the albums sonic palette. It was like being in a sweet shop, getting to try all these guitars wed normally never be able to afford, says Blamire. We ended up making friends with guitars we never thought to use before, like this weird vintage Kay that sounded great but was so hard to playto the point where there were days when our fingers were bleeding, or we had blisters in places you didnt even know you could get them.

Opening with On the Wing, Darkness Brings The Wonders Home quickly proves the power of matching that pummeling guitar work with Smoke Fairies finespun songwriting. With its woozy intensity and spellbinding rhythms, the song also introduces one of the albums most prominent themes: the often-futile attempts at true connection at a time when the most impetuous behavior tends to prevail. When we were little my brother wrote a poem about waking up and finding hed changed into a swan overnight, with feathers growing out of his arms, says Blamire of the songs inspiration. To me thats an interesting metaphor for how people can grow into becoming quite flighty, where theyre never really able to settle in one place or with one person.

\”While Smoke Fairies initially intended to return to the earthy folk of early work like 2011s Through Low Light and Trees, the duo soon found themselves assuming a new boldness in their guitar style and, in turn, pushing into much wilder terrain. In doing so, Blamire and Davies spent much of their time perusing the guitar shop near Eks chosen studio, experimenting with countless guitars and amps to augment the albums sonic palette. It was like being in a sweet shop, getting to try all these guitars wed normally never be able to afford, says Blamire. We ended up making friends with guitars we never thought to use before, like this weird vintage Kay that sounded great but was so hard to playto the point where there were days when our fingers were bleeding, or we had blisters in places you didnt even know you could get them. Opening with On the Wing, Darkness Brings The Wonders Home quickly proves the power of matching that pummeling guitar work with Smoke Fairies finespun songwriting. With its woozy intensity and spellbinding rhythms, the song also introduces one of the albums most prominent themes: the often-futile attempts at true connection at a time when the most impetuous behavior tends to prevail. When we were little my brother wrote a poem about waking up and finding hed changed into a swan overnight, with feathers growing out of his arms, says Blamire of the songs inspiration. To me thats an interesting metaphor for how people can grow into becoming quite flighty, where theyre never really able to settle in one place or with one person.