Australian Folk Duo 'Charm of Finches' announce first UK tour to include Leicester

Australian sister folk duo, Charm of Finches, have announced their first ever UK tour for Spring 2022.

The tour is to promote their third album: ‘Wonderful Oblivion’, which is available in the UK from 6th May via Anti- Fragile Music.

The tour kicks off in Oxford on 23rd April and travels around the UK before finishing in Whitstable on 8th May.

Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes, grew up in Melbourne, Australia and started busking and singing at festivals from a young age.

They made their first EP in 2014 at ages 11 and 14, later releasing their debut album, ‘Staring at the starry ceiling’ in 2016.

They have described their music as being about ‘love, grief and whispering trees, with tight sister harmonies, and many stringed instruments.’

Speaking about their new album, Charm of Finches said:

“This album covers a lot of different themes and is about looking into the future.

“Our last album was about grief and processing the death of one of our close friends, whereas this album is about coming out of that and is more hopeful.

“This album explores the innocence of childhood, dreams and new beginnings.”

The duo are already well known in their home country, having won the 2021 Music Victoria’s Best Folk Act and Youth Artist of the Year 2021 at the Australian Folk Music Awards.

They were also nominated for the 2021 Australian Music Prize.

The duo are looking forward to their first UK tour and are looking forward to performing to live audiences again after the coronavirus lockdowns.

They said:

“We’ve never been to the UK before, so it will be a wild adventure, we don’t know what to expect.

“We’re very excited.

“We wrote and recorded these songs within the space of six months during lockdown, so it’s great to be able to finally play these songs to an audience.”

The duo knew from a young age that they wanted to do music and work together and have spoken about the inspiration behind their sound.

They said:

“Music has always been a part of our lives and we have been singing folk songs together from about age six.

“We both picked up string instruments at age nine and started writing our own songs, and it kind of all snowballed form there.

“One of our early inspirations was First Aid Kit, they started out young and we thought well if they could do it, so can we.

“We also love Sufjan Stevens – who is probably our biggest musical hero.”

Tickets are available now from: https://charmoffinchesband.com/shows