Crushing Death & Grief

FUZZY LIGHTS
Cambridge’s acclaimed psych-folk quintet Fuzzy Lights return with their fifth album ‘Fen Creatures’. Following 2021’s critically lauded ‘Burials’, the band have created their most conceptually ambitious work to date – a meditation on environmental crisis that uses the folklore and history of East Anglia as a lens to examine humanity’s fractured relationship with the natural world. Where ‘Burials' explored personal trauma and environmental collapse, ‘Fen Creatures’ expands this vision into something far more sweeping and interconnected. The album operates across multiple historical timelines, from Iron Age hill forts to medieval plague houses, from Byron’s Romantic-era environmental warnings to the immediate threat of rising sea levels, creating a temporal tapestry that weaves ancient stories with contemporary concerns. The album calls attention to environmental change while exploring how folklore ties to the landscape and our connection to our ancestors.

Musically, the group have pushed deeper into experimental drone territories while maintaining the crystalline folk sensibilities that have
become their signature. The result is their most
atmospheric and immersive work to date, with vast sonic landscapes that mirror the fenland geography they’re documenting.
https://fuzzylights.bandcamp.com/

THE THORN
A fresh Cambs-Beds acid folk ensemble, playing tunes pulled straight from Electric Eden. You might not be familiar with the name, but when we tell you that The Thorn is effectively a continuation of Ghost Box cosmic fuzz-folkists Large Plants. Now reconfigured to feature Cambridge’s own Naomi Randall, The Thorn are spilling deep contemplations that float timelessly, frozen in the past, preserved for the now.
https://thethorntheband.bandcamp.com/