FaceOmeter - Why Wait For Failure?

Hello and Happy Mad Saturday to you (or whatever they call the last Saturday before Christmas - I'd personally like to call it "lets all amble aimlessly round the supermarket getting in thegeneral's way, when all she wants to buy is some butter and tomatoes"). Anyway, that moan aside here we are and I think for all those of us that need something non-festive to cling onto...here's some music which might tickle your undercarriages.

Today I'm very happy to be bringing you a wonderful new album, released on 2nd November, from an act called FaceOmeter, called "Why Wait For Failure?".

As always, here are the necessaries - hoik your folk fiddles off to the bandcamp page to have a little listen:

faceometer.bandcamp.com/

This is a great album, absolutely great - and comes from a genre I don't feature nearly enough of on these pages (folk/alt-folk). I'm a big folkie anyway - those of you who read my missives regularly will know how much I love 60s and 70s folk rock. This album is of that ilk, but really in a class of it's own and does try to bring something fresh to an area of music that can sometimes be quite misunderstood.

I love the pace of these songs and their tempo, they're so evenly and freely constructed, and have a real feeling of movement to them. It's a jolly romp and the pace of the guitars, paired with urbane and froclickingly clever lyrics mean that you actually never get bored with any of the tracks or want to skip through them.

What's great about this collection of songs is they also have a really wandering, meandering, winding essence as well (a bit like reading this blog posts, for those of you who visit here regularly) and this comes in part, I think, from the fact that Will Tattersdill (erstwhile singer/songwriter/musician behind the act) describes himself in part - on the bandcamp page - as a travelling storyteller.

Standout tracks for me were "The Singular Adventures of Sally the Tumbleweed" and "Why Wait" (absolutely marvellous).

If you want something non Christmassy to listen to and would like to gently lower yourself into some fab folky inspired music, you won't go far wrong by getting yourself acquainted with FaceOmeter. Heartily and highly recommended.