Finn Paul is a rare new talent, a young Scottish singer-songwriter with a passionate and adventurous spirit.  His voice captures with immediate intimacy, slowly drawing you in like a whispered spell.  Fantasy, romance, history and landscape all weave through his works, blending poetry and melody into songs so natural they sound as if they’d existed forever in these forms.

Growing up in Perthshire, Scotland, Finn was greatly inspired by the natural beauty surrounding him.  Trips to the Isle of Lewis as a child he found to be particularly enchanting, and the mystical quality of the Highlands of Scotland has always inspired his music.  Whether it be the adventurous, mysterious textures of ‘Spanish Silver’, or the more ambient, spacious layers of ‘Anna’, atmosphere is something which Finn always keeps in focus when writing music.  His folk-revival inspired melodies and soulful vocal delivery are no doubt influenced by many car rides growing up listening to the likes of John Martyn, Joni Mitchell, Sandy Denny, and Led Zeppelin amongst many others.  These artists, paired with more modern influences, ranging from Indie-Rock and Hip-Hop to Lowfi Electronic music and Ambient, all contribute to Finn’s unique sound.

When he met award-winning producer Angus Lyon, it was instant musical alchemy.  Angus’s numerous recording projects (including extensive work with singer-songwriter Ross Wilson’s ‘Blue Rose Code’) have honed his ability to blend in with an artist’s vision whilst adding his own distinctive touch to projects.  Weaving around Finn’s warm vocals and intricate finger style acoustic guitar, the arrangements help to set the atmosphere and colour the landscapes that the songs inhabit through the use of vocals, piano, accordion, violin, cello, drums and more experimental electronic instrumentation.

For ‘Wind & Stone’, Finn has created a collection of songs that explore those uncharted waters where the boundaries between reality and escape are blurred; a place that many of us will recognise even if we can’t quite place why it is that we do.  In his intriguing narratives, past and present continuously merge and inform each other.

The overall result is a refreshing new album, demonstrating a directness, clarity, maturity and vision seldom seen in a debut production.

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