Based in the traditional music of Great Britain, but not constrained by it's usual modes of performance, False Lights have now transcended their original aim to make 'folk rock for the 21st century' to become one of England's most startling and exciting acts.

Their first album, Salvor, gained five star reviews, a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nomination for best album, and copious airplay on BBC Radio2, 6Music and beyond. Now they return with Harmonograph, an even more ambitious and charged set of traditional songs that make cover everything from European relations (Babylon, Drink Old England Dry), through the migrant crisis (Far In Distant Lands) to short stories in song form (Captain Kidd, The Serving Man Become A Queen, William Glenn).

Joined by virtuoso fiddle and melodeon duo Tom Moore and Archie Churchill-Moss (of Moore Moss Rutter), dub-tinged bassist Barnaby Stradling (Eliza Carthy, Blowzabella) and drummer Stuart Provan (Luke Sital-Singh) they make old words and tunes resonate with the modern world. False Lights are anything but retro, folk-rock but never nostalgic.

"A game changer for all involved, and perhaps even the scene in general" ★★★★★ fRoots

"Folk rock brilliance" ★★★★ Songlines

"They succeed because they are fine no-nonsense singers who concentrate on the narrative of their songs" ★★★★ The Guardian