The duo from Edmonton known as “F&M” have been around for a few years in this and other incarnations, but they are continuing on full force with their 5th release in the album “Sincerely, F&M” to prove it.
The 12 track album landed at my doorstep a few weeks back, sent from the lovely Becky Anderson. The band is made up of the real world couple Ryan and Rebecca Anderson, they co-create a blend of folk, pop, rock that often finds a down tempo aspect. Honestly it sounds like a couple might make this music, as they switch vocal duties often and either join together in a song or find themselves solo for the track, and both work (which can be a hard scenario for some bands). While they both provide a different angle of F&M; Becky providing a more classical/traditional folk sound and Ryan comes in to gruff it up a bit making a bit of altcountry-folk-rock-pop angle. The track featured below is “Victoria” and it features Ryan center stage on vocals with flecks of Rebecca overtop in a slowly building balladeer track. This is a great introduction to the band if you haven’t heard them prior, so dig in.
F&M
“Victoria” (mp3)
from “Sincerely, F&M”
(Shameless Records Canada)
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You might remember F&M making an appearance on my label playlist for Edmonton based “Shameless Records” (see here) that also had a solo Rebecca Anderson under the moniker of “Becky”. So take a listen, you just might think a bit more about one of the city of champions.
Visit F&M on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and their Website.
~Smansmith