4th June, 2024
With a guitar style reminiscent of a grunge-soaked John Fahey moonlighting with the 13th Floor Elevators, plus vocal aims to mix the gravitas of 16 Horsepower’s David Eugene Edwards with the passionate abandon of The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser, London-based Russell Joslin vitiates the singer-songwriter tradition until it sounds as splintered as today’s society.
His fifth album, ‘O Veisalgia’, is a collection of vivid sonic pictures which presents various forms of duet-led folk-rock, post-punk and grunge as modern tales of addiction, urban violence, masculinity and digital malaise.
Since 2015, Russell has been touring the UK and Europe as a stripped back duet with Australian soulmate Sarah McCaig, who progressed from singing musical theatre at the age of three to becoming an integral part of the vibrant Melbourne rock scene.
Her distinctive, soulful vocals and inspired harmonic writing provide a unique intensity and an intriguing, cushioning counterpoint to Joslin’s voice. Their voices and souls intertwine to present a turbulent and unforgettable duet which has been remarked upon from Italian mountaintop festival stages to London folk clubs.
‘The musical charge they generated together was truly electrifying’ – The Musicbox Folk
'Explosive, hard-hitting folk … a much-needed gust of fresh air into the British folk scene’ – Subba-cultcha
‘Living proof of how fresh, vigorous and abrasive an acoustic songwriter can and should be in the 21st Century’ - BBC 6Music
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