The Family Grave are from Brighton, UK, and they’ve dropped a surprise new track, the third from their forthcoming collection, called ‘No Return’.
‘No Return’ is based on the experience of living in short-life tenement housing in the East End of London. “We were poor, but we were happy” they say, ” and every word in the song is true.” It’s a reminder of the power of telling a personal story through the singer-songwriter medium. It’s modern folk music, it’s alt-country, it’s just honest-to-goodness great songwriting.
‘No Return’ is a full band performance featuring gorgeous backing vocals from Lindsey Oliver and Tim Harbridge and beautiful trumpet playing by Matt Ellis Devitt. The single is a digital-only release, ahead of the album later this summer, but it is available on Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/track/121mnkIN36EvQG8sl2wUi2?si=16bbf11746ee43d3 and YouTube and Apple Music.
The Family Grave is mainly a vehicle for Jon’s songwriting, accompanied by an assortment of friends. First album ‘Everybody is Flawed’ was a lo-fi affair, recorded straight to cassette. Second album Happy Songs was recorded and mixed at Church Road Studios in Brighton and Hove (UK).
There will be a further super-limited 7″ single on the Super8Sync label out over the summer featuring two more new tracks – ‘Caroline’ and ‘Leave Him Behind’. Then the band plan to self-release the full collection later this year,
Links to streaming services
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/no-return-single/1748484521