Album Review: Lucy Roleff - Longbows

This atmospheric, emotive folk offering has a distinctive fairytale quality, notably through its use of flute and simple strings elements. These stripped-back compositions create a starkly haunting tone. Roleff's brooding voice drives dark track Bodies with the air of a commanding, old-world priestess. Her expressive vocals have a certain mysterious charm, exacerbated in this track by a touch of huskiness. Though commendable for its experimental use of unmelodious instrumentation, the engrossing, stormy-weather feel of this EP will be best suited to those with particularly moody dispositions. She plays at Grace Darling Hotel on 30 Oct.