Check out what some websites, magazines and reviewers have had to say about our live shows and album release.
'I think it's really beautiful.'
Mike Harding, Radio 2 referring to Evensong (Valleys in the Flatlands)
'Really beautiful. Bonnie stuff.'
Karine Polwart
'There is more than mere forlorn hope here.'
Iain Anderson, BBC Scotland
'Built around the beautiful vocals of Anna Elias the whole album also slots very comfortably into
the UK contemporary folk scene, alongside the likes of Karine Polwart, Megson and Emily Smith, with a sound that
feels modern, but with enough links to the tradition for the listener to know where the roots of the album lay'
Fish Records
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'Anna’s soft vocal style captivates from the first note, washing over the listener in gentle, seductive waves.
Backing and harmonies are carefully and effectively arranged, with the lead vocal and harmonies matched and finely balanced.'
Folk Radio
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'Nature can also be stark, as can the songs of Anna Elias and The forlorn hope, and
like their counterparts, that starkness retains a very different kind of beauty, slightly chilling and
occasionally with a sense of foreboding but a beauty none the less and it’s this aspect of song that the
band seem to capture so succinctly and nowhere is this better summed up than in the album’s title track.'
Fatea Records
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'Instead I sat entranced. Two acoustic guitars, a cello player and a blonde female
singer (who it turned out, used to front the fondly remembered Bodixa) make fine music. Their style
was wistful, poignant and though 'slow and melancholic' , as Anna described it, was also infused with glimpses of transcendence.'
Cross Rhythms (Greenbelt 2011)
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