Description:	7" on Static Caravan, limited to 500
	Format:	7" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Singer-Songwriter
	Label:	Static Caravan
	Price:	£3.99
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

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...according to our Brian on 06 March 2009.

Well, the ladies win this week, and for jolly good reason! Beth Jeans Houghton is a beautifully talented singer/songwriter, she's got this 7" single on Static Caravan and it's a total gem, a double header at that. The first tune is 'Golden' being a sweet folk lullaby, with a cheeky edge. The guitar playing is sumptuous, the gentle percussion played simple & pure, her voice breathy and light without being remotely sickly. Total hairs on the nape of your neck standing to attention feel-good joy, a modern folk-pop classic that seems to bubble and melt at one stage like baked honey!! 'Night Swimmer reminds me a little in essence of 'Orinoco Flow', maybe somewhere between Kate Bush & Enya without being too erm...New Age and all that. It's a flowing, twinkly head-massager of a song that is both magical & touching! Get bewitched this week and add this gorgeous, timeless piece of wax to yr cart! x Brian

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What their label says...

In the past year 18 year old Newcastle based singer/songwriter Beth Jeans Houghton has garnered a reputation as an antidote to the current crop of acoustic songstresses. With her alternative blend of experimental folk, Beth has been hailed by the NME as "a Joni Mitchell for the anti-folk generation". With influences ranging from Frank Zappa, Vashti Bunyan, Fourtet and Love, Beth has cultivated a sound that is truly her own. Since her first performance in August 06 Beth has played alongside a diverse collection of artists such as Bon Iver, Adem, Imogen Heap, Fionn Regan, Jeffrey Lewis, Scott Matthews, Bowerbirds, Josephine Foster, Woodpigeon, White Magic, King Creosote, Alasdair Roberts, PG Six, Dead Meadow, Voice of the Seven Woods, Tom Brosseau, St Vincent, Euros Childs, Diane Cluck, Jack Savoretti and Stephen Fretwell amongst others. At last years Greenman Festival Devendra Banhart invited Beth to play one of her songs during his set on the main stage to an 8000 strong crowd describing her as, 'very lovely, a musical magician'.
Beth's limited edition self titled Debut EP is out now on Finders Keepers/Bird records, with another Single due out on Static Caravan early '09 to be produced by Adem. Beth is currently writing/recording, and is gigging regularly throughout the UK  Edition of 500 on 7” vinyl with ‘give us a break’ quiz card insert.