a Singer of Songs new album Old Happiness has just been given a wee review over on Metro UK. Just in time for its release tomorrow. You can visit Metro to read the original post, or stay seated and read what was said right here.

It was one thing for Johnny Cash to pronounce himself ‘a singer of songs’; for a fey-sounding acoustic guitarist it’s quite another.

Still, while A Singer Of Songs’ second LP is as self-consciously humble in tone as you’d expect, it’s also pretty lovely: lo-fi lullaby folk that falls on the ears as gently as snowflakes.

The anonymous vocalist sounds a little like Low’s Alan Sparhawk, while duets with female singers Ana Franco and Craven Canary (yes, really) add a cobwebby sweetness to the padded fretwork and spidery piano chords.

It could do with a more varied pace and the vocals rarely achieve the magic of other economical singers, such as Iron And Wine’s Sam Beam, but you won’t go far wrong with it.

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