For Folk's Sake

Sophie Moore knows only too well songs don’t always provide answers. And singing hasn’t always been the answer for her. From singing with her brother Julian in Foggy Cry and sharing the stage with Hawkwind in the 80s, to working with Jeb Loy Nichols during a stretch in the 90s, music was in her blood. Yet during more than 20 years as a therapist in physical and mental he...

A soft insistence informs the acoustic guitar of ‘Honeyeater’, the brief track opening Luluc’s sixth long player, Sweet Thief. Much like the music of Zoë Randell and Steve Hassett, the song doesn’t attack. It creeps up on you, little by little, weaving its way through your skin and into your soul. Over the following nine songs, they softl...