Chamber Folk songs | Indie Shuffle

Sounds like: Flora Cash, Agnes Obel, The Paper Kites

French chamber pop duo Racoon Racoon are working on new material for 2019 and have decided to re-release single "Young Wolves" to ease fans wait. Ori...

Ruby Fray

Barbara

Sounds like: Holy Other, Anika, Sea Oleena

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It's pretty difficult not to use the word "seductive" when talking about something that's self-described as "witchy chamber folk." Especially when it'...

Astronauts

Skydive

Sounds like: Lord Huron, Broken Bells, The Shins

folk folk-rock folk-pop the shins broken bells

I think I just found one of my new favorite bands, and their name is Astronauts. Granted, I have the attention span of a goldfish, but this track is r...

Kishi Bashi

The Ballad Of Mr. Steak

Sounds like: Dan Croll, Andrew Bird, Phoenix

folk folk-pop phoenix andrew bird dan croll

Frantic, optimistic, quirky, and entirely lovable, Kishi Bashi's sound on his sophomore album, Lighght, is all-around fantastic. I haven't heard ...

Andrew Judah

Morning Light

Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, Son Lux

indie folk folk-rock folktronica sufjan stevens experimental folk

Andrew Judah is another performer/composer to join the likes of Kishi Bashi, Dan Croll, FYFE, and Son Lux -- they're reinventing the possibilities of ...

Dead Man's Bones

Lose Your Soul

Sounds like: Edward Sharpe, Timbre Timbre, Woodkid

folk-rock freak folk dead mans bones chamber folk

It's Halloween, so I figured I'd feature a spooky song courtesy of Dead Man's Bones (Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields). According to folklore, the two fi...

San Fermin

Deadalus (What We Have)

Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, The National

indie rock post-rock sufjan stevens the national orchestral

This lovely chamber pop single by San Fermin called "Daedalus (What We Have)" is one of epic proportions.The build-up lasts for about half the song; t...

Foxtails Brigade

Little Person

Sounds like: St. Vincent, Feist, Billie Holiday

female vocalist indie pop folk covers folk-pop

I cannot express how excited I was to discover that Foxtails Brigade covered a Jon Brion song. Ever since the movie I Heart Huckabees, I've held a sof...

Woodkid

Run Boy Run

Sounds like: Johnny Cash, The National

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Woodkid is Yoann Lemoine, a director who has made videos for Yelle, Moby, Katy Perry and Lana Del Rey. So to hear him jumping into the realm of creati...

Other Lives

For 12

Sounds like: Kunek, Lost in the Trees, Dark Dark Dark

folk orchestral edward sharpe freak folk devendra banhart

How about something mildly obscure, but amazingly beautiful? This single from Other Lives reminds me quite quickly of Devendra Banhart or Edward Sharp...

Sufjan Stevens

Get Real Get Right

Sounds like: The Welcome Wagon, Sisyphus, DM Stith

experimental folk-pop sufjan stevens sondre lerche chamber folk

Hem

Half Acre

Sounds like: Cowboy Junkies, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Azure Ray, Mazzy Star

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Hearing the song "Half Acre" by Hem (from their 2002 debut album Rabbit Songs) makes me want to spend December somewhere cold. Somewhere you can feel...

Lost in the Trees

Fireplace

Sounds like: Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab for Cutie

folk folk-rock orchestral chamber pop chamber folk

The song 'Fireplace' caught my attention, and was quickly placed on my 'upbeat folk' playlist. The album itself is a collection of folk and classical ...