Charm of Finches “Clean Cut”

Australian sister duo Charm of Finches delivers intricate folk-pop that is simultaneously graceful and darkly bewitching. Their seamless blood harmonies traverse melancholy and wonder in equal measure.

The sisters, Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes, released their third full length album Wonderful Oblivion in 2021 through New York-based label AntiFragile Music to critical acclaim. They have since toured extensively through the UK, Europe and Canada in 2022/23.

Winners of the Australian Folk Music Awards Best Folk Album (2022) and Music Victoria Best Contemporary Folk Act (2021), their music has been nominated twice for the prestigious Australian Music Prize.

In February 2023 the sisters spent a month in rural Nova Scotia recording with acclaimed Canadian producer Daniel Ledwell (Jenn Grant, Oh Pep!), inspired by the frozen beauty of the landscape and their transient life on the road with their music. The result is their fourth studio album “Marlinchen In The Snow” to be released in 2024. Single “Clean Cut” features stunning dark-hued harmonies over spellbinding strings and driving folk pop rhythms. The duo confide, “duo confide, “Going away on tour served as the catalyst for a break-up and Clean Cut is some self-advice. We stayed with a lovely lady in Oslo, Norway who let us play her gorgeous grand piano and the first part of Clean Cut was penned. We created a music video for this song with the help of lots of friends who were willing to dress up as dolls and clowns. This was a huge 22 hour shoot in a warehouse in Melbourne creating the world of a mysterious haunted doll museum.”

“Wonderful Oblivion is a triumphant indie folk effort – nostalgic yet fresh, haunting, but at the same time serene. ” – We Found New Music

“Melbourne sister duo Charm of Finches are perched for stardom. For lovers of tight sibling harmonies, chamber folk, and those who long to be carried-away by a lullaby…” – Ariana Morgenstern KCRW Today’s Top Tune.

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Tour

5/22 Glad Café, Glasgow

5/23-5/26 Orkney Folk Festival

6/6 St Mary’s, Chester

6/7 Live Room, Saltaire

6/8 The Greystones, Sheffield

6/9 The Hive, Shrewsbury

6/10 Temperance, Leamington Spa (sold out)

6/11 Kitchen Garden, Kings Heath

6/13 Exeter Phoenix, Exeter

6/14 Bristol Folkhouse, Bristol 

6/17 Whitstable Sessions, Whitstable 

6/18 The Fleece Inn Barn, Evesham

6/19 King’s Arm, Manchester

6/20 The Lexington, London

6/21 Ace Space, Newbury 

6/22 Pound Arts, Corsham

6/23 The Folklore Rooms, Brighton 

7/4-7/7 Gate To Southwell Festival, Nottinghamshire

8/9-8/10 The Magpies Festival, York 

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