Keston Cobblers Club - Almost Home

1.    Who are Keston Cobblers Club?

Keston Cobblers Club are an indie folk-pop band from Bromley, England. They started playing together in 2009 and Almost Home (Feb’17) is from their third album of the same name, Almost Home (March’17). 

2. What's the vibe on Almost Home? 

Almost Home is a knee-slapping, singalong folk song chock full of chest-bursting joy and nostalgia. Whoops abound, drums pound, acoustic guitars are plucked and tambourines rattle rambunctiously. 

3. Who do Keyston Cobbler's Club sound like? 

Van Susans, The Strumbellas and The Lumineers. 

4. What have the rags said about Almost Home? 

“Intricate melody and a nostalgic sweetness that proves inescapable” – The AU Review.

“Catchy, folk-infused” – Graffiti Punctuated. 

“Poignant optimism” – Folking.       

5. Which bands influenced Keston Cobblers Club?

Some of the band’s influences are Mates Of State, The Shins, Beirut, Bon Iver and Paul Simon.

6. Why should I press play on Almost Home? 

Because you like indie-poptism. Because you like boozy, infectious, late night singalongs. 

7. What are Keston Cobblers Club's best songs? 

Almost Home, You Go and Won't Look Back.    

8. Any more words? 

Keston Cobblers Club are a band formed by brother, sister and best friend. They are festival favorites and big Fleetwood Mac fans. 

“And I’ve never tried to hide where I belong”

Beirut are from Santa Fe, New Mexico but fight out of Brooklyn, New York. They play world, electronic, indie folk/pop music. Grooving since 2006 they have four albums on their roll of honor. Beirut is similar to Neutral Milk Hotel, Fleet Foxes and Noah and The Whale. Their influences are The Beach Boys, music form the Balkans and Mexican music. Gibraltar was the second single from his fourth album No, No, No (2015). Gibraltar is an infectious indie pop tune with bongos, jaunty keys and whimsical vocals.

“Who laid a line?

Say you’re like my kind”