THE PORTABLE INFINITE: Smoke Fairies Release Limited Edition Of Debut Album: 'Through Low Light And Trees' Celebrating 10th Anniversary

9/24/2021

Smoke Fairies Release Limited Edition Of Debut Album: 'Through Low Light And Trees' Celebrating 10th Anniversary

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Acclaimed Through Low Light And Trees Celebrating 10th Anniversary

"An extended pilgrimage to New Orleans allowed the longtime friends to hone the 11 songs that make up Through Low Light and Trees into something truly magical, and while the album is clearly the product of the green fields and misty mountains of their homeland, it’s obvious that the time spent in the Big Easy had a profound effect on them." - All Music

"For all the minor detours, Through Low Light and Trees is consistent in proffering a dreamy, timeless music which could have been recorded at any time in the last 40-odd years. That in itself is a kind of recommendation." - BBC

"Best friends since childhood, this British duo have created a truly fantastical experience on Through Low Light and Trees. Understated yet powerful, the album is filled with strong American folk and blues influences." - Bust

"Wicker man-worthy blues riffs, equally thrilling and chilling" - NME

The duo’s voices and instruments harmonize in haunting ways that evoke the ethereal spirits from which they take their band’s name. - Popmatters

"Jack White - who produced and played on their Gastown/River Song single - Chichester’s photogenic Smoke Fairies are basic and gentle, but there’s a spooked undertow and a winning worldliness at work here.” - Q Magazine

"crystal-clear vocal harmonies" - The Independent

"ethereally enchanting" - The Times

"…add a German accent and it could be Nico and the Velvets." - Uncut

September 24, 2021 New York NY/London, UK: Smoke Fairies celebrate ten years since the worldwide release of their critically acclaimed debut album Through Low Light And Trees by releasing a special pressing of the record as a limited edition version on translucent green vinyl.

To celebrate the release the band, Jessica Davies & Katherine Blamire created a special film of them performing the album in its entirety. The one-off performance was filmed live at the beautiful Italianate Glasshouse in Ramsgate England near where the band have been holed-up for the last 18 months.

Commenting on going back to this important record in the band's back-catalogue Jessica says "it felt fitting to revisit the songs through the lens of time with the wisdom and maturity which we now possess."

Watch Smoke Fairies Perform 'Storm Song' at The Glasshouse:

Pressed in Nashville by long-term friends and supporters of the band United Record Pressings the record will be released on the band's own Year Seven Records on September 24th. The album was produced by long-term PJ Harvey collaborator Head and recorded at Sawmills Studio in Cornwall, UK the studio where famously band such as Oasis, The Stone Rose & Muse have recorded. Pressings of the album on vinyl have long-since sold out so this is a timely reissue of an extremely highly regarded record which has stood the test of time. MOJO described it in their 4* review as "dark, lustful blues-folk" and the Guardian commenting the album is "beautifully harmonised, wistful songs... This is enchanting".

Smoke Fairies - Hotel Room

Smoke Fairies was the first UK act to release a single on Jack White's label Third Man Records, produced by White who also played guitar and drums. Other notable recordings include a cover of Neil Young’s ‘Alabama’ from his Harvest LP which appeared on a special Mojo album to mark the approaching fortieth anniversary of the album. Jessica and Katherine also contributed vocals to the track ‘Valentina', a tribute to Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space on The Race For Space, the second album by Public Service Broadcasting. Smoke Fairies most recent release came out early last year: Darkness Brings the Wonders Home. Their first to come out on the band’s own label Year Seven Records. The set saw some remarkable chart positions for a band operating as a fully independent venture (#1 UK Rock Album and #6 on the Independent Album Charts). It was recorded with producer Phil Ek (The Black Angels, Fleet Foxes, The Shins) over the course of a rigorous month-long session in Seattle.

The band has toured this side of the Atlantic with Laura Marling, Rasputina, and most recently Blitzen Trapper and Dawes. They hope to return in the not too distant future.

Be sure to catch Smoke Fairies’ Smoke Signals podcast, featuring Jessica and Katherine’s charming and drily funny reminiscences about their early days getting started in music: https://smarturl.it/smokesignalspodcast