Folk Bitch Trio have delivered an absolutely gorgeous debut. From the opening moments of God’s A Different Sword, you’re drawn into a world of close harmonies and glowing acoustic instrumentation that recalls Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes, but filtered through the intimacy and softness of three female voices singing side by side like The Andrews Sisters. Their voices melt into one another, perfectly matched in tone and feel, classic folk harmony in its most honest form with no tricks or overdubbed studio smokescreens.

Their songwriting feels timeless, yet anchored in the reality of the present day. Hotel TV, with its aching chorus of “Can I get some rest?” gently lays bare the burnout and overstimulation of modern life. Resisting the frantic pace of the world by wrapping in the warmth of traditional folk music is a quietly radical statement, and many of these melodies sound like they could’ve been written 60 years ago, resembling the kind of stripped-back standards once sung by crooning singers, but the lyrics never retreat into archaic metaphors or twee nostalgia, keeping their feet firmly on the ground. There’s a lightness and a likability to Folk Bitch Trio’s soft and beautiful sway, and you can imagine these songs being sung by candlelight, with a clear through-line to Laura Marling in the clarity and vividness of the storytelling. I’ll Find A Way (To Carry It All) is a glowing a cappella standout, stripped of guitar entirely with a title that could be lifted from a 19th-century ballad, but lyrics that feel completely resonant in 2025. This is folk as an active humanising choice in a digital world that’s increasingly inhuman. As AI advances and music becomes more synthetic, Folk Bitch Trio remind us what real voices, stories, and companionship sound like with honesty, harmony, and heart. We’d all be better off if more of the world sounded like this.