Houndstooth Vinyl & CDs

Review: Branching the sound of Houndstooth out ever further, Throwing Snow man-on-a-mission Ross Tones joins forces with bewitching vocalist Augustus Ghost, otherwise known as Hannah Cartwright, to deliver this fully realised album project of twilight-pitched electronic folk. Snow Ghosts is a project enthralled with the darker side of English folk music, feeding on Tones' predilection for live instrumentation and intricate, delicate beats but centred around Ghost's plaintive delivery. In a similar world of bleak pop to The XX, A Small Murmuration rarely lifts its head above gothic introspection, but submerges itself as such with a regal finesse that brings out the best from both artists.