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Post-punk Folk music from the sublime to the ridiculous. Hard to describe, but some have...
"...The DIY credo is take what you have and do the most that you can with it. In this respect Ian Thistlethwaite shows real genius. Anyone that can pivot from punk-pop to ambient to traditional folk so easily and authentically shows true talent, and imagination. It is unlikely that Thistlethwaite will fall into a predictable musical rut any time soon, because he writes some pretty sick tunes..."
Nat Lyon, Louder Than War
"...Around twenty or so years ago, I had a habit of spending part of my summer checking out England's various folk festivals. On one of these sojourns a member of my cohort sagely opined that to be successful in this area of music you either had to be a startlingly expressive musician or a brilliantly imaginative songwriter: without either of these, folk sounded unremarkable and ordinary. I felt this was a sound judgement, which is probably why I still remember it today. It struck me, however, that the really great folk artists had to have both, and Ian Thistlethwaite makes it into this extremely rare category..."
Mark Whitby, Unwashed Territories
"...There's no discernible agenda, a total lack of self-importance, a lot of humour, a lot of warm-hearted sincerity, a shedload of eclectic creativity, a pronounced sense of fun, and some great music which can be as moving as it can be amusing..."
Oliver Arditi
"...The DIY credo is take what you have and do the most that you can with it. In this respect Ian Thistlethwaite shows real genius. Anyone that can pivot from punk-pop to ambient to traditional folk so easily and authentically shows true talent, and imagination. It is unlikely that Thistlethwaite will fall into a predictable musical rut any time soon, because he writes some pretty sick tunes..."
Nat Lyon, Louder Than War
"...Around twenty or so years ago, I had a habit of spending part of my summer checking out England's various folk festivals. On one of these sojourns a member of my cohort sagely opined that to be successful in this area of music you either had to be a startlingly expressive musician or a brilliantly imaginative songwriter: without either of these, folk sounded unremarkable and ordinary. I felt this was a sound judgement, which is probably why I still remember it today. It struck me, however, that the really great folk artists had to have both, and Ian Thistlethwaite makes it into this extremely rare category..."
Mark Whitby, Unwashed Territories
"...There's no discernible agenda, a total lack of self-importance, a lot of humour, a lot of warm-hearted sincerity, a shedload of eclectic creativity, a pronounced sense of fun, and some great music which can be as moving as it can be amusing..."
Oliver Arditi
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