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KELD

by You Are Wolf

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*fRoots Editor's Choice Album of the Year 2018*

*The Guardian Top Ten Folk Albums 2018*

- 'gorgeous... a stunning concept record about rivers and water' The Guardian

- 'dazzling' Mojo

- 'a remarkably accomplished work in which the ancient & modern blend seamlessly' fRoots

- 'a truly eerie soundscape' Songlines

- 'totally compelling and totally immersive' BBC Radio 3

- 'compared to Björk and Julia Holter, but she really does not sound quite like anyone else... an impressive range of influences to create something that makes the ancient sound very new' The Quietus

You Are Wolf is the alt-folk project of award-winning composer and vocalist Kerry Andrew. Currently working as a trio with multi-instrumentalist Sam Hall and percussionist Peter Ashwell, KELD - an old Northern English word meaning “the deep, still, smooth part of a river” – is an album that explores and develops the theme of freshwater.

KELD includes traditional songs about waterfall banshees, killer female water sprites, drowning boys and powerful witches. Original songs are inspired by wild swimming, vengeful rivers, nymphs and naiads, and even an Anglo-Saxon charm. You Are Wolf brings these ancient songs and stories into the present, with bold arrangements inspired by leftfield pop, new classical music and electronica.

It’s an album that not only draws from innovative contemporary folk artists including Lisa Knapp (who features here on “The Weeper”), Sam Lee and The Unthanks, but also by music outside the folk sphere: everything from minimalist composer Steve Reich to PJ Harvey, traditional Central African Pygmy music and Julia Holter. The award-winning poet Robin Robertson also appears.

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released March 23, 2018

Kerry Andrew - vocals, keyboard, recorder, pipes, percussion
Sam Hall - 'cello, bass guitar, electric guitar, banjolele, trumpet, percussion, vocals
Peter Ashwell - percussion, vocals

Produced by MaJiKer

Also feat. Lisa Knapp (Track 10), Robin Robertson (Track 12), Molly and Imogen Snow (Track 12).

With field recordings by Kerry Andrew, Saskia Ventrillion, Grace and Freyja Parnaby

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GUARDIAN FOLK ALBUM OF THE MONTH 2023

‘English avant-folk at its finest’ Observer

'Imagine Bjork working her magic on the English folk scene' UNCUT

YOU ARE WOLF is the alt-folk project of award-winning British composer, vocalist and author Kerry Andrew. They present folk songs and lore with unusual arrangements drawing on electronica, drone, contemporary classical and alt-rock.
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