Hannah Peel

Key tracks:

Electricity
Tainted Love
Call This Your Home
The Almond Tree

Label: Static Caravan

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Combed, off kilter, modern, romantic folk with new awakenings

Hannah Peel is one of the few and rare oblique artists of our time. Her recent release of ‘the Broken Wave’ through static caravan, produced with ‘Tunng’s’ Mike Lindsay, proves the past performances they did together stamp an impression and evoke inspiration. Off the back of a tour in support of Appalachian wonder Sam Amidon and since her childhood encouraged by her father, whom she played violin alongside back in Ireland, Hannah has always had someone on side and been front of the stage. Armed with delicate vocals, violin, trombone and piano - a ‘dead cert’.

The Broken Wave is a hugely enjoyable record with an undercurrent of carefully constructed drama, thanks to Hannah's previous experiences of composing scores for musicals. Coming from Joanna Newsom’s end of the scale rather than Laura Marling’s, carrying with it more than a hint of the otherworldly. Composition is key in the comfort and realism of 'Don't Kiss the Broken One' and waltzing piano ballad 'Solitude', both of which, assisted by Nitin Sawhney. 'The Almond Tree' centres on death yet is hidden by the diversity of prettiness with Hannah's vocals and layered instrumentals.

Our initial introduction of Hannah, Re-Box, a Woodwork bespoke project. Re-Box does exactly what it says on the tin, It re-boxes 1980s synth-pop classics, by lacing them with a swelling beauty and senses of melancholy. Carefully crafted, these four songs are touchingly reinvigorated and presented as beautiful and intricately textured compositions in their own right. The delicate sounds of music boxes and a raft of other instruments to concoct gently enchanting remakes of pop songs we all know and love.

Two words - Dedicated. Diverse. Dreamy. Desire. So many actually, you'll see.

Releases we represent:

Re-Box | Limited 7" EP | Static Caravan | 2010
Tra Mhor | Limited Single | Static Caravan
Broken Wave | Album | Static Caravan | 2011

Quotes:

''Sometimes she even seems self-effacing: Unwound and Is This the Start? are so diaphanous they dissolve without registering much impact'' - The Guardian

"you can’t help but feel ultimately comforted by the songs" - drownedinsound.com