No, not all of them together, lovely as that would be... We have two new albums out in September - Mancunian folk electronica trio Harp and a Monkey's self titled debut on the 12th, closely followed by Fleetwood's skewed trad duo Rapunzel and Sedayne's Songs From The Barley Temple  on the 26th. You can  pre-order both albums from the Folk Police web store and listen to samples from Rapunzel and Sedayne's album here and Harp and a Monkey's album here. From September, you'll also be able to buy the albums from your local record store and the usual online sources and as downloads from iTunes, Amazon, eMusic and so on. Both albums are already starting to pick up great reviews. Folkwords write that Harp and a Monkey "make each unrestrained song a perceptive portrait of memory, reminiscence, hope and expectation... a realm populated by strange sounds, mordant observations, ghostly images, caustic serenity and pitiless parables. The result is inspired musical imaginations, restless melodic storytelling and expansive horizons." Meanwhile, Spiral Earth write, "Songs From The Barley Temple weaves it way through trad and original numbers with a soft intensity and a tidy amount of darkly disparate methodology... New life is breathed into ancient verse once more. So much more than just keepers of the flame, this is living and breathing folk art".

Pre-order from the Folk Police web store.

We are very pleased to welcome Lancastrian lovelies Harp and a Monkey into the Folk Police fold. Memorably described as "Elbow for seafarers and ramblers", they wrap their deep northern slice-of-life vignettes in a tasty coating of harp 'n' banjo driven electronica. The debut album will be released later this summer, date to be announced. In the meanwhile, you can catch them live this coming Thursday 30th June at Verve Bar in Leeds, Saturday 2nd July at the Vintage Rock Bar in Doncaster, Sunday 17th July at Milo Bar in Leeds and Saturday 30th July at Kendal Calling Festival. You can listen to tracks from the forthcoming album at the Harp and a Monkey Myspace page.