The Only Place

University has to be about the only place where you get left with situations where you have to decide which country you are going to live in for the next year, in 12 hours. In a shorted version of 24, my life went in locked-down as I used a magnetic dart to pick which country to move to. I chose Mannhiem, Germany. So whats the most important thing for the process of deciding? A bloody good soundtrack.

Maps & Atlases - Perch Patchwork

From the wholesome folk tones from 'Solid Ground', to this years best guitar riff on 'Pigeon', Perch Patchwork has it all. With the most exciting album I have heard in too long Maps & Atlases manage to weave all the great things that have been happening in music this new decade, and create something that creative, exciting, but heart-warningly familiar. This Chicago 4-piece and has got legs to go far. When everything seems to be up in the air, don't fear, because there's Solid Ground.

Fader Recommends:
Solid Ground
Pigeon

We Do Requests: Stornoway

The mode is not anti-folk, new-folk, electro-folk.. its 'Wholesome music'. Adverts for wholegrain brown bread have had an effect on this generation of musicians, as they write their chords to the crunch of pumpkin seeds. We played Stornoway on our show on Sunday, and I have had so many requests about it from listeners that it'd be rude not to make an extra point about it!

Made by a singer who can sing, a guitarist who doesn't worry about the odd sustaining note, and a drummer who owns a snare. Introducing Stornoway with 'Zorbing' (Define: the art of rolling down a hill in a human-sized hamster ball)

Morning Fader Secret Track

So yeah, its that time of the week again when we ( the morning fader team) find our secret tracks for you. Well, i know that's not strictly true... a) ive not told them im doing it b) the shows not on this week c) its not 9.40am on a Saturday. Despite these facts.. i think you want to hear a new track don't you?

This is what i have got for you. Zoey Van Goey - Sweetheats in Disguise, beautifully simple folk pop. The song evolves organically, lifting the spirit like a summer bloom, introducing the overdriven guitar that sits in the mix so beautifully. This was created not with the knowledge that certain chord progressions sound 'nice', this was tempered in the mind and soul of some truly talented musicians. Check out their MySpace for tour dates, and if not to buy their album, at least check out their banner art!