Jared Celosse/Chrissy Barnacle Archipelago Vols 1 & 2

Half of the first in our series of musical islands comes from the award winning, prodigious young singer-songwriter, Jared Celosse. 

With roots in the Netherlands, England and the Czech Republic, Celosse now calls Glasgow home. Following the release of his critically acclaimed debut EP, 'Four Cold Walls', the follow-up showcases an artist beginning to fully realise their own voice. While his debut marked him out as one to watch, these new songs feel bigger, more confident, like a real statement of intent from an artist coming into his own. 

Celosse's talents haven't gone unnoticed, catching the ears of respected Scottish music influencers, most recently the judges of the Stewart Cruickshank Bursary, with Jared winning the inaugural award. This process saw him picked out of hundreds of entries by a prestigious panel of luminaries from the world of Scottish music.

 TRACK LISTING: 

1. Wave 

2. New Orleans (Esca) 

3. (CO)Lifornia 

4. A Shadow Cast Over 

5. The Path - When There's No Light 

6. Crashing Down

Glasgow-based singer-songwriter, Chrissy Barnacle, is one of those rare artists whose music can literally stop you in your tracks.

A cult figure on the music scene, Barnacle twists together folk and pop music, intertwining them in songs that tread paths along which you'll be touched, laugh and be carried blissfully on a poignant journey within the space of a composition. Writing from the heart, Barnacle’s nylon-stringed folk pieces spanning witchcraft, cannibal rats and the impossibility of love, are filled with raw intimacy and emotional heft. 

Her singular voice, an untrained, quavering soprano that manages an unblemished innocence and ancient timbre simultaneously, serves perfectly six tracks of yearning, self-deprecation, and a fiery passion; as idiosyncratic as they are charming. 

Archipelago Volume 2 captures the sound of a spell-binding artist in full flow.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Witches 

2. Cleave 

3. Hazelnuts 

4. Nightride 

5. Cannibal Rats (pt.ii) 

6. Ask You Again