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Tomorrow Held
Released 01 August 2025
- Cooper
- All Your Tiny Bones
- MacGill
- Look Up
- 26
- Tomorrow Held
- Will
- Four
Liner notes
Tomorrow Held is the visionary new album by twenty-something mould-breakers and conservatoire-trained virtuosos, fiddle player Owen Spafford and guitarist Louis Campbell. Eight largely instrumental tracks that hold space, resolve into mystery, that fold in elements of jazz, post-rock and chamber classical music while raiding the folk music toolbox. Call it what you want: post-folk. Trad-noir. Folk nihilism. Then know that Spafford Campbell are blazing a trail that erases genre, finds gold in the embers. Forget about tomorrow, they say. Welcome to the now.
Credits
Owen Spafford: Fiddle, Vocals (7)
Louis Campbell: Guitars, Vocals (2,7), Banjo (7)
Sean Rogan: Drums (7)
Ben Nicholls: Double Bass and Electric Bass (1,2,3,5,6,7)
Alex Lyon: Bass Clarinet (1,2,5,7)
Recorded 29/10 to 3/11 and 25-29/11 2024 at Giant Wafer Studios
Engineered by Sean Rogan
Mixed by Katie May at Real World Studios
Mastered by Tim Oliver
Produced by Sean Rogan, Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell
Written by Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell
Copyright Control
A Real World Design by Marc Bessant
Cover art by Peter Mitchell
Additional Photography by Lara Laeverenz
Thanks to: Sean Rogan, Ben Nicholls, Alex Lyon, Ed Lewis, Katie May, Tim Oliver, Odhrán Mullan, Amanda Jones, Will McCarthy, Sophie Beck, Marc Bessant, Peter Mitchell, Lara Laeverenz, Sarah Coxson, Bill, Kieran Murphy, Chris Rabbitts, Rob Dimbleby, Phoebe Harty, Cori Smith, Maria McNamee, Henry Webster, the Spaffords and the Campbells
Further Listening
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Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett
Released 11 September 2019
Exquisite collaborative album from pianist Thomas Bartlett and hardanger d’amore virtuoso Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, of The Gloaming. Recorded in Mexico City, New York and in Bath. -
Released 17 January 2014
The Gloaming carves new paths connecting the rich Irish folk tradition and the New York contemporary music scene. From haunting sean-nós songs to raucous folk explosions, they make music that is both ancient and utterly new: respecting traditions whilst bringing an unconventional energy into the mix.
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