Best New Bands » Narrow Plains https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 London’s Narrow Plains Talks the Meaning of Indie Folk, DIY and Debut Records https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/londons-narrow-plains-talks-meaning-indie-folk-diy-debut-records/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/londons-narrow-plains-talks-meaning-indie-folk-diy-debut-records/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2014 06:45:40 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=20037 Austin and London – Indie folk has always been a slippery label for me. I understand the desire to connect with an older musical tradition; it’s the execution that’s been throwing me off. Good songwriting, passionate performance, crooning backup vocals, banjo shredding, etc., seems to sacrifice the hardship it wants to reproduce. Which is fine,

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