Dollars to Pounds: Forest Swords
- story Scott Wright
It’s now eight years since Aaliyah’s untimely passing, but her influence continues to lap at distant shores. The Wirral peninsula in north-west England is a dramatic stretch of coastline and muse to Forest Swords, a solo songsmith who carves dusty sound from its half-known hills. He has a new tape out and from it here’s the ancient grind of “Glory Gongs.” But you should buy it for the b-side, a haunting cover of Aaliyah’s “If Your Girl Only Knew” that twinkles with twilight sadness. I spoke to Forest Swords about that song and how his music “echoes his environment.”
Download: Forest Swords, “Glory Gongs”
