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.

‘MacGill’ pays homage to the famed creative partnership of American singer/songwriters Jimmy Webb and Glen Campbell: “It’s slightly more jazz-influenced in terms of harmony and sound than the other stuff on the record,” says Spafford. “We’re going to that sweet spot at the folky end of jazz.” The music video for ‘MacGill’ was filmed in the surroundings of Wiltshire Music Centre in the afternoon before a concert, simply capturing the essence of the duo’s live performance which exhibits an in-the-moment, intimate musical conversation.

Music written by Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell

VIDEO CREDITS
Director/editor: Oran Mullan
DP: Jake Duncan
Lighting: Tim Walker

With thanks to Wiltshire Music Centre