We seem to live in a musical world where everyone is looking for the next sound, where there seems to be a desire to dismiss what has gone before as old and no longer fit for purpose, where there is only one direction—forward, with no backward glance or acknowledgment of what has gone before allowed.
That is never so obvious, surprisingly, as in the contemporary folk scene. For a sound built on such fine traditions and iconic sounds, it seems that almost all modern practitioners of the style can’t wait to “indie it up” or to “folktronic the hell out of it”. Remember, you only know what you’ve got once it’s gone, so maybe don’t be in such a rush to move on.
Megan Brickwood is well aware of what she’s got, and All The Same’s opening title track is the sound of her inspired by and infused in the genre’s classic blend of timeless tradition and 60s revival, the sort of thing that convincingly sounds like a long-lost Joni Mitchell or Sandy Denny number.