On her return as Austel, Devon-born artist and producer Annie Rew Shaw treads a different path from the one that received widespread plaudits for the delicate, luscious piano songs of her 2024 debut album Dead Sea. Her new album 'Mirror To Mine' - mixed by Grace Banks (English Teacher, Haim, Squid) - explores the folkier intimacies of the guitar, while cinematic field recordings put the work in conversation with the likes of Jon Hopkins & King Creosote and Cassandra Jenkins. Fans of Big Thief, Elliott Smith & Bon Iver will also find much to love.
Support comes from the Bristol based wordsmith, Martin Callingham. Martin has toured Europe and the UK with his understated yet exquisitely orchestrated chamber folk that owes as much to cinematic soundtracks as to songcraft. Martin’s beautiful new 10-track album, Patterns, was recorded in Bristol with Jim Barr (Portishead / Get the Blessing).