The Fell

Electronic ensemble Snow Ghosts return with their fourth album, The Fell. A collection of old folk songs that were never written. The Fell conjures images of shapeshifting animals and ancient tales experienced within a future landscape. Ancestral marks imprint the endless terrain of ‘The Fell’ and their songlines still sing.

The arrangement too is multi-layered in its approach. 2019’s colossal A Quiet Ritual contained a score for a full orchestra and the ancient Carnyx. ‘The Fell’’s instrumental arsenal consists of esraj, dulcimer, daf and bodhrán drums, violin, guitars, and a variety of synthesisers. Whilst equally vast, immersive and other-worldly, these tools are used to create intimate, personal stories.

Sharing a mutual influence of the shadowy elements of folklore and the heavier side of experimental noise, a disparate array of reference points and this extensive collection of instruments combines to form Snow Ghosts’ bewitching and often intoxicating sound.