{{Short description|British folk rock & blues band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use British English|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Smoke Fairies | image = Smoke fairies rough trade east 2023.jpg | caption = Jessica Davies (left) Katherine Blamire (right) at Rough Trade East, December 2023 | image_size = 280 | landscape = no | origin = [[Chichester]], England | instruments = Vocals, guitars, piano, viola, keyboards, percussion | genre = [[Alternative rock|Alternative]], [[Blues]], [[Indie rock]], [[Folk rock]] | years_active = 2005–present | label = [[Full Time Hobby]], [[V2 Records|V2]], [[Third Man Records]], Music For Heroes Records, Year Seven Records | website = {{URL|https://www.musicglue.com/smokefairies|smokefairies.com}} | current_members = Katherine Blamire<br />Jessica Davies }} '''Smoke Fairies''' (Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies) are a British folk-rock & blues band hailing from [[Chichester]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Charlotte Cripps |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/smoke-fairies-rekindle-their-fire-listen-exclusively-to-their-new-album-9269346.html |title=Smoke fairies rekindle their fire: Listen exclusively to their new album – Features – Music |work=The Independent|date=2014-04-18 |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref> {{Quote box | title = [[File:Smoke fairies logo.jpg|thumb|centre|180px|Logo and Band name]] | quote = "It came to us one night when we were driving around in the misty roads where we grew up. Sometimes the mist gathers in the winding roads between the hedgerows and creates smoky figures that we called the smoke fairies. It's also an old black and white film about two mischievous fairies trying to cause trouble, which is also quite fitting" | author = —''Smoke Fairies: Interview with Quail Bell Magazine'', 2011 <ref>{{Citation |title=Quail Bell interview |date=2011-08-14 |url=https://www.quailbellmagazine.com/the-real/interview-smoke-fairies|access-date=2025-08-22 |language=en}}</ref> | align = right | width = 310px | bgcolor = #f9f9f9 | title_bg = | salign = right }}
==History== Blamire and Davies met at school in [[Sussex]] during the late 1990s. As best friends, they wrote songs and performed in school shows and competitions. Playing under the name Superhighway,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Songs Through The Ages |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/songs-through-the-ages/id1484381393?i=1000471389842 |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-GB}}</ref> they experimented with a variety of instruments, from guitars to piano to percussion, recording their early sounds themselves at home. Evolving into Smoke Fairies, they spent 2002 in [[New Orleans]], where they absorbed American blues music.<ref>Helen Martin, [http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/music/an-interview-with-the-smoke-fairies/2011/03/15/ "Interview with the Smoke Fairies"], ''Amelia’s Magazine'', 15 March 2011.</ref> When they returned to England they discovered British folk music at the [[Sidmouth Folk Week]] Festival while working as car park attendants.<ref>Phil Udell, [http://www.heinekenmusic.ie/interviews/2700/the-smoke-fairies-in-conversation/ "The Smoke Fairies in Conversation"], Heineken.</ref> They later settled in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], [[Canada]], for a year before returning to [[London]] to start writing and performing.<ref name="Slant">Ben Umstead, [https://slantmagazine.com/music/feature/interview-smoke-fairies/267 "Interview with the Smoke Fairies"], ''[[Slant Magazine]]'', 18 July 2011.</ref>
Blamire and Davies contribute equally to song writing and generally sing lead vocal on their own compositions. However, the songs are always credited as being written by Smoke Fairies.<ref name=":5" />
===2005-2009: Early Music=== Smoke Fairies released their first record, ''[[Strange the Things]]'', in 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smoke Fairies - Strange The Things |url=https://www.normanrecords.com/records/90113-smoke-fairies-strange-things |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=Norman Records |language=en}}</ref> however this was not widely promoted by the band. In 2007, Smoke Fairies toured the UK in support of [[Bryan Ferry]] and the following year they released their debut single, "Living with Ghosts", on Music for Heroes.<ref>Moff Gimmers [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002054139/http://www.electricroulette.com/2008/06/review---smoke.html "Review: Smoke Fairies"], ''Electric Roulette'', 23 June 2008.</ref> [[Richard Hawley]] was an early supporter of the act, saying they were "frankly the best thing I have heard in years".<ref>Valerio Berdini, [http://liveon35mm.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/smoke-fairies "Smoke Fairies"], ''Live on 35mm''. Retrieved 16 April 2013.</ref> They supported Hawley on his Truelove's Gutter Tour of the UK in October 2009.<ref>Matt Hopkinson, [http://soundsxp.com/artman2/publish/gigs/hawley_smoke_fairies_lyceum_sheffield.shtml "Hawley and Smoke Fairies at the Lyceum, Sheffield"], ''SoundsXP'', 10 October 2009.</ref>
In December 2009, Smoke Fairies became the first UK act to release a single on [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White's]] label [[Third Man Records]].<ref>Chris Mugan, [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/smoke-fairies-folk-heroines-long-odyssey-2056865.html "Folk Heroines' Long Odyssey".] ''The Independent'', 20 August 2010.</ref> The [[Double A-side|double A-side single]], "Gastown" / "River Song", was produced by Jack White who also played guitar and drums. Smoke Fairies performed at the 2010 South by South West ([[SXSW]]) festival in [[Texas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/featuresinterviews/features/what-sxsw-did-for-me-jessica-smoke-fairies/ |title=What SXSW did for us – Smoke Fairies | M Magazine M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine – PRS for Music Online Magazine |publisher=M-magazine.co.uk |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref> and supported [[Laura Marling]] on a month-long tour of the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lauramarling.com/news/2010/05/04/us-tour-starts-today/ |title=US Tour Starts Today… |publisher=Laura Marling |date=2010-05-04 |access-date=2014-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714054756/http://www.lauramarling.com/news/2010/05/04/us-tour-starts-today/ |archive-date=14 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===2010-2012: ''Ghosts, Through Low Light And Trees, Blood Speaks''=== In 2010, the compilation album ''[[Ghosts (Smoke Fairies album)|Ghosts]]'' was released, featuring singles and previously unreleased songs.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ghosts - Smoke Fairies {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ghosts-mw0001985763 |access-date=2025-09-03 |language=en}}</ref> The band signed to [[V2 Records]]/Cooperative Music and released their debut album ''[[Through Low Light and Trees]]'' in September 2010,<ref name=":0">David Sheppard, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/c8j9 "Review: Through Low Light and Trees"], [[BBC]], 8 September 2010</ref> latterly self-released in the [[United States]] in June 2011 via Year Seven Records.<ref name=" Jack White Faves Smoke Fairies">Kevin O’Donnell, [https://www.spin.com/2011/06/album-stream-jack-white-faves-smoke-fairies/ " Jack White Faves Smoke Fairies"] ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', 14 June 2011.</ref> The album was produced by long-term [[PJ Harvey]] collaborator Head and recorded at [[Sawmills Studio]] in [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=" Jack White Faves Smoke Fairies"/>
To promote the album the band was invited to record a live session for [[Marc Riley]] on BBC Radio 6,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v3w0f |title=BBC Radio 6 Music – Marc Riley, 07/10/2010 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2010-10-07 |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref> and was invited back for another session a few months later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xp59j |title=BBC Radio 6 Music – Marc Riley, Smoke Fairies |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2011-01-25 |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref> The duo also recorded a live session with their band for [[John Kennedy (radio broadcaster)|John Kennedy's]] <!--- not the redirect to President JFK ---> "X-Posure" on XFM.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/John-Kennedy |title=Xposure with John Kennedy | Monday to Thursday 10pm to 1am | Radio |publisher=XFM |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref> In November 2010, Smoke Fairies' recording of [[Neil Young|Neil Young's]] "Alabama" appeared on a special ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' album to mark the approaching fortieth anniversary of Young's ''[[Harvest (Neil Young album)|Harvest]]'' LP.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mojo4music.com/1943/mojo-issue-207-february-2011/ | title=MOJO Issue 207 / February 2011 | publisher=Mojo Magazine | accessdate=20 December 2014}}</ref>
The band embarked on its first headline tour of the UK – a sell-out – in January–February 2011<ref>Peter Robinson [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/15/this-weeks-new-live-music "This Week's New Live Music"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 15 January 2011.</ref> and performed at several festivals that summer, including [[Primavera Sound]] in [[Barcelona]].<ref>[http://www.primaverasound.com/ps/?page=cartel&artista=343&lang=en] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624075336/http://www.primaverasound.com/ps/?page=cartel&artista=343&lang=en|date=24 June 2011}}</ref> Before heading to the [[United States]] in June 2011 to perform at [[North by Northeast]] Festival and their own headline shows, returning again in August 2011 Jessica & Katherine toured the U.S. with [[Rasputina (band)|Rasputina]].<ref>Brooklyn Vegan, [http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/06/smoke_fairies_r.html " Smoke Fairies released an LP in the US, playing NXNE, NYC & shows w/ Rasputina (dates)"] ''[[Brooklyn Vegan]]'', 14 June 2011.</ref> Smoke Fairies again returned to the US in October to play support for [[Blitzen Trapper]] and [[Dawes (band)|Dawes]] making their second coast-to-coast tour of the year.<ref>Riley Ubben,[https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/08/blitzen-trapper-and-dawes-announce-tour.html ''Blitzen Trapper and Dawes Announce Tour''], ''Paste (magazine)'', August 2011.</ref>
Smoke Fairies' follow-up album, ''[[Blood Speaks]]'', was released on 21 May 2012,<ref name="Smoke Fairies: Blood Speaks">{{cite web|author=James Christopher Monger |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/blood-speaks-mw0002346781 |title=Blood Speaks – Smoke Fairies | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2012-05-21 |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref> again with a delayed release in the US of 23 April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/blood-speaks/smoke-fairies |title=Reviews for Blood Speaks by Smoke Fairies |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref> Again produced by Head ''[[Blood Speaks]]'' was this time recorded in West London's Eastcote Studio and is inspired by London and by travelling.<ref>Piccadilly Records, [http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/SmokeFairies-BloodSpeaks-V2-82529.html " Blood Speaks – Smoke Fairies"] ''[[Piccadilly Records]]'', 21 May 2012.</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' rated the album 7.2 remarking that Jessica and Katherine "don't trade vocal duties so much as appear to sing from the same body".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16783-blood-speaks/|title=Smoke Fairies: Blood Speaks|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref>
===2013-2015: ''Smoke Fairies, Wild Winter, Live at St. Pancras Old Church''=== In 2013, Smoke Fairies signed with [[Full Time Hobby]] records and released their self-titled album ''[[Smoke Fairies (album)|Smoke Fairies]]'' on 14 April 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/smoke-fairies-mw0002615322|title=Smoke Fairies – Smoke Fairies {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-05-08}}</ref> The album spawned singles ''Eclipse Them All, We've Seen Birds'' and ''Shadow Inversions''. It was produced by [[Kristofer Harris]] at Squarehead Studios in Kent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://antoine011.wixsite.com/fulltimehobby/smoke-fairies|title=fulltimehobby|website=fulltimehobby|access-date=2017-05-08}}</ref> Well received, [[The Quietus]] called the record "brilliantly immersive" and suggested the band were "starting to approach the very English singularity of Her Holiness [[Kate Bush]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/15011-smoke-fairies-smoke-fairies-review|title=The Quietus {{!}} Reviews {{!}} Smoke Fairies|website=The Quietus|date=15 April 2014 |language=en-us|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref> On the same theme ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine chose the album track "Your Own Silent Movie" to feature on their compilation ''The Dreamers – 15 Tracks of [[Kate Bush]]-Inspired Dream Pop''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Dreamers-Mojo-Presents-15-Tracks-Of-Kate-Bush-Inspired-Dream-Pop/release/6013327|title=Various – The Dreamers (Mojo Presents 15 Tracks of Kate Bush-Inspired Dream Pop)|website=Discogs|date=26 August 2014 |access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref>
An ‘Instrumentals’ CD, originally released as a bonus disc to the Smoke Fairies 2014 LP, was provided as part of a Rough Trade exclusive bundle. It featured five tracks from the album, recorded as instrumentals. The CD was then sold separately on their UK tour as a tour special in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Smoke Fairies – Instrumental Bonus Disc (2014, CD) - Discogs | website=[[Discogs]] | date=14 April 2014 | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5753908-Smoke-Fairies-Instrumental-Bonus-Disc | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117233223/https://www.discogs.com/release/5753908-Smoke-Fairies-Instrumental-Bonus-Disc | access-date=2024-12-26 | archive-date=2024-01-17}}</ref>
Later that year the band recorded their winter themed album ''[[Wild Winter]]'', which was available exclusively in [[Rough Trade (shops)|Rough Trade]] shops for Christmas 2014. The following Christmas saw a full worldwide release and the album received praise from the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/27/arts/music/making-merry-with-music.html|title=Making Merry With Music|last1=Caramanica|first1=Jon Pareles, Ben Ratliff, Jon|date=2015-11-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-05-08|last2=Chinen|first2=Nate|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/19/smoke-fairies-wild-winter-review-sprawling-desert-rock-soundscapes|title=Smoke Fairies: Wild Winter review – sprawling desert-rock soundscapes|last=Gibsone|first=Harriet|date=2015-11-19|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-05-08|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''Wild Winter'' was again produced by [[Kristofer Harris]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wild-winter-mw0002845218|title=Wild Winter – Smoke Fairies {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-05-08}}</ref> The album inspired a beer brewed under the same name by the London brewery Signature Brew.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.signaturebrew.co.uk/blogs/news/78367495-new-collab-wild-winter-with-smoke-fairies|title=NEW COLLAB – Wild Winter with Smoke Fairies|website=Signature Brew|date=20 November 2015 |access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref>
Jessica and Katherine also contributed vocals to the track "Valentina", a tribute to [[Valentina Tereshkova]]—the first woman in space—on ''[[The Race for Space (album)|The Race For Space]]'', the second album by [[Public Service Broadcasting (band)|Public Service Broadcasting]]. Smoke Fairies toured the UK supporting and performing with Public Service Broadcasting in 2015<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44YkPtTA1g4 |title=‘Valentina’ by Public Service Broadcasting feat. Smoke Fairies - Interview with Smoke Fairies |date=2015-09-10 |last=TA-DAH.TV |access-date=2026-04-21 |via=YouTube}}</ref>. It was preceded by the self-released ''[[Live at St Pancras Old Church]]'', featuring [[Rasputina (band)|Rasputina]], which had been recorded 2 years earlier.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://echoesanddust.com/2015/08/smoke-fairies-featuring-rasputina-live-at-st-pancras-old-church/|title=Smoke Fairies featuring Rasputina – Live at St Pancras Old Church {{!}} Echoes And Dust|website=echoesanddust.com|date=26 August 2015 |access-date=2016-08-09}}</ref>
===2019-2020: ''Darkness Brings the Wonders Home, Smoke Signals pod cast''=== [[File:Lafayette22.jpg|thumb|Darkness Brings The Wonders Home tour, Lafayette, London, February 2022]] In August 2019, the band announced their return with a video for the track "Out of the Woods", produced by [[Phil Ek]]. ''[[Louder Than War (website)|Louder Than War]]'' described the track as "dark, stark, skeletal blues".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/298496-2/|title=Watch This! Smoke Fairies video 'dark, stark, skeletal blues'|date=2019-08-01|website=Louder Than War|access-date=2019-08-02}}</ref> On 25 September 2019, the band announced the album, ''[[Darkness Brings the Wonders Home]]'', also produced by Ek, which was released on 31 January 2020.<ref name="DBtWH">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/smoke-fairies-announce-first-album-four-years-with-lead-single-disconnect|title=Smoke Fairies announce first album in four years with lead single "Disconnect"|website=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref> During the promotion for the new record Davies and Blamire launched the podcast ''[https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smoke-signals/id1484381393 Smoke Signals],'' a humorous insight into their musical journey and the music industry. The podcast's second series was launched a year later, and ranked highly with Apple Podcasts having a 4.9 out of 5 rating.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Smoke Signals on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smoke-signals/id1484381393|access-date=2021-03-01|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-gb}}</ref>
Released on the band's own label Year Seven Records, ''Darkness Brings the Wonders Home'' charted the band #1 in the [[UK Indie Breakers Chart]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/|access-date=2020-08-13|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> a #1 in the [[UK Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Charts|UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/20200207/112/|access-date=2020-08-13|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}}</ref> and a Top 10 UK Independent Album. The band toured the UK with the album in January and February 2020 with [[John J. Presley]] and Sean Fallowfield.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Smoke Fairies Gigography, Tour History & Past Concerts – Songkick|url=https://www.songkick.com/artists/462877-smoke-fairies/gigography|access-date=2020-08-13|website=www.songkick.com|language=en}}</ref>
The single "Elevator" taken from the album was released on limited edition 7-inch picture-disc during the UK's coronavirus lock-down in April 2020 gaining them more number one chart placings. A #1 in the UK Physical Singles Chart<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20200410/1/|access-date=2020-08-13|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}}</ref> and a #1 in the UK [[List of Official Vinyl Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s|Vinyl Singles Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-singles-chart/20200410/897/|access-date=2020-08-13|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}}</ref> During the pandemic Davies and Blamire live-streamed three performances via their [[facebook]] page raising over £2000 for chosen charities [[British Red Cross|The Red Cross]], [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|RSPCA]] and [[Emmaus (charity)|Emmaus UK]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Smoke Fairies|url=https://www.facebook.com/SmokeFairies/|access-date=2020-08-13|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}</ref>
===2022-present: ''Singles'', ''Carried In Sound'', ''Wild Winter (re-release)''=== [[File:SF RTE.jpg|thumb|left|Live at Rough Trade East, December 2023]] On 4 November 2022, the band released a compilation album ''[[Singles (Smoke Fairies album)|Singles]]'',<ref name=":3">{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCBT1SD8ms/?img_index=1 | title=Smoke Fairies - Singles compilation |website=instagram.com}}</ref> reaching #2 in the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22379/smoke-fairies/ | title=Smoke Fairies | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref> The collection of 18 official singles was released on Year Seven Records and available as a double-LP and CD, with signed, limited edition variants. The release was followed by a one-night-only performance of the entire album at Omeara, London, on 7 November 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.musicglue.com/smokefairies/events/2022-11-07-smoke-fairies-omeara | title=Smoke Fairies at OMEARA, London on 07 Nov 2022 | date=7 November 2022 }}</ref>
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The band's sixth studio album, ''[[Carried in Sound]]'',<ref name=":4">{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CzwnkfmrP81 | title=Smoke Fairies - Carried in Sound |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> was released on 17 November 2023 and reached #3 in the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/smoke-fairies-carried-in-sound/ | title=Carried in Sound | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref> The record was self-recorded and self-released on the band's Year Seven label, available in blue or orange vinyl and CD versions. In the run-up to the release, the band shared several stripped-back performances and works in progress, and discussed their inspirations on social media and their [[Patreon]] site.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.patreon.com/Smokefairies/posts | title=Get more from Smoke Fairies on Patreon }}</ref> A music video to accompany the first single, "Vanishing Line"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYWRiwNPJN | title=Smoke Fairies - Vanishing Line video |website=instagram.com}}</ref> was announced in September 2023, filmed in the [[Essex]] countryside.
To promote ''Carried In Sound'', the band, together with multi-instrumentalists Neil Walsh (Viola) and Rob Wilks (Drums), embarked on a five-date sell-out tour<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.instagram.com/p/Cyp7IasN6gp | title=Smoke Fairies - Carried in Sound tour |website=instagram.com}}</ref> across the UK. In addition, the band performed several in-store record signing gigs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CzeVRrTNcHE | title=Smoke Fairies - Carried in Sound record store gigs |website=instagram.com}}</ref>
On 13 December 2024, to mark the 10th anniversary of their album ''Wild Winter'', the band re-released the record with revised artwork, together with a re-brewing of its Wild Winter beer, available on a two-night tour in Hastings and London.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DDhW_PbtifZ/?img_index=1 | title=Wild Winter - reimagined 2024 |website=instagram.com}}</ref>
In early 2025, the Smoke Fairies supported New Zealand band, [[The Veils]], for six nights of their European tour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smoke Fairies supporting The Veils 2025 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DFFWK5zNGlX/ |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=instagram.com}}</ref> In August 2025, the duo played a set at the Compton Festival in Sussex<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2025 |title=Smoke Fairies/Compton Festival |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DKP67b1tGxI/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 December 2025 |website=instagram.com}}</ref> and in October of the same year provided a musical introduction to the [[William Wordsworth|Wordsworth]] lecture at the [[British Library]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 2025 |title=Smoke Fairies at the British Library |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DQWqa5qjCbg/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 December 2025 |website=instagram.com}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
* ''[[Through Low Light and Trees]]'' (2010) * ''[[Blood Speaks]]'' (2012) * ''[[Smoke Fairies (album)|Smoke Fairies]]'' (2014) * ''[[Wild Winter]]'' (2014) * ''[[Darkness Brings the Wonders Home]]'' (2020) * ''[[Carried in Sound]]'' (2023)
===Compilations and other albums=== * ''[[Strange the Things]]'' (2005) *''[[Ghosts (Smoke Fairies album)|Ghosts]]'' (2010) * ''[[Live at St Pancras Old Church]]'' (2015) *''[[Singles (Smoke Fairies album)|Singles]]'' (2022)
=== EPs ===
* ''[[Frozen Heart EP|Frozen Heart]]'' (2009) * ''The Three of Us'' – "The Three Of Us", "Radio Clicks On", "Bells", "The Wireless" – 9-inch vinyl, limited edition of 500 (V2 / Cooperative Music) & 2 x 7-inch vinyl, limited edition of 1000 (453 Music, USA, Record Store Day, 2012)<ref>{{Citation |title=Smoke Fairies - The Three Of Us EP |date=2012 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/430844-Smoke-Fairies-The-Three-Of-Us-EP |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> *''This Is A Reflection'' – "Do I Need You", "Wish You Well", "She Sells Sanctuary", "The Visitor", "Requiem" – 12-inch vinyl & CD exclusive to Rough Trade Shops (V2 / Cooperative Music, 2012)<ref>{{Citation |title=Smoke Fairies - This Is A Reflection |date=2012 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3659131-Smoke-Fairies-This-Is-A-Reflection |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> *''Upstairs at United, Vol. 6, recorded 17 October 2011'' – "Phone Line", "The Water Waits", "Dancing Light", " Wake You Up", "Good Man" – 12-inch vinyl (453 Music - Record Store Day, 2013)<ref>{{Citation |title=Upstairs at United, Vol. 6 - Smoke Fairies {{!}} A... {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/upstairs-at-united-vol-6-mw0002836751 |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> *''Instrumentals'' - Sing along bonus CD – "Misty Versions", "Koto", "Eclipse Them All", "Hope Is Religion", "The Very Last Time" - (Full Time Hobby, 14 April 2014)<ref>{{Citation |title=Smoke Fairies - Instrumental Bonus Disc |date=2014-04-14 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5753908-Smoke-Fairies-Instrumental-Bonus-Disc |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> *''Sticks and Stones'' – "Sticks and Stones", "Come to my Mind", Part of it All" – Digital release (Year Seven Records, 2 December 2022)<ref>{{Citation |title=Sticks and Stones EP by Smoke Fairies on Apple Music |date=2022-12-02 |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/sticks-and-stones-ep/1640267121 |access-date=2025-08-24 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
===Singles=== * "Living with Ghosts" / "Troubles" – 7-inch limited edition of 500 (Music for Heroes Records, August 2008) * "Frozen Heart" – CD promo (Music For Heroes Records, 13 July 2009) * "Sunshine" / "When you Grow Old" – 7-inch limited edition of 1000 (Music for Heroes Records, October 2009) * "Gastown" / "River Song" – Double A-side, 7-inch limited edition of 150 on tri-colored vinyl; Texas-sized 8" limited edition ([[Third Man Records]], September 2009) * "Hotel Room" / "Human Concerns" – 7-inch limited edition of 300 (V2 / Cooperative Music, 2010) * "Strange Moon Rising" / "Requiem" – 7-inch limited edition of 500 (V2 / Cooperative Music, 24 January 2011) * "Strange Moon Rising (radio edit)" / "Alabama" – 7-inch limited edition on white vinyl, UK tour edition (V2 / Cooperative Music, 24 January 2011) * "Hotel Room" / "Strange Moon Rising" – 7-inch limited edition of 500 on blue-marbled vinyl (453 Music, World Record Store Day, 16 April 2011) * "Storm Song" / "Storm Song Demo" – 7-inch limited edition of 500 (V2 / Cooperative Music, 16 May 2011) * "The Three of Us" – CD (V2, 2012) *"Let Me Know" / "Film Reel - Remix" – 7-inch limited edition of 300 (V2 / Cooperative Music, 2012) *"Simple Feeling" / "I Wonder As I Wander" – 7-inch limited edition of 500 (Snowflake Singles Club, 2 Dec 2013) *"Eclipse Them All" – digital release (Full Time Hobby, 2014) *"We've Seen Birds" / "Monochrome Days" – 7-inch limited edition of 500 (Full Time Hobby, 2014) *"Shadow Inversions" – CD promo (Full Time Hobby, 2014) *"Christmas Without A Kiss" – Digital release (Full Time Hobby, Dec 2014) *"Out of the Woods / Disconnect" – Double A-Side, 7-inch limited edition of 300 picture disc (Year Seven Records – exclusive to Rough Trade Shops, 2019) *"Elevator" / "Les Fleur" – 7-inch limited edition of 300 picture disc (Year Seven Records, 2020) *"No Matter How This Goes, Just Make Sure That You're Kind" – digital release (Year Seven Records,15 April 2020) *"There Was a Hope" - Digital release (Year Seven Records, 12 May 2023) *"Vanishing Line" - Digital release (Year Seven Records, 19 September 2023) *"Seek it With Me" – Digital release (Year Seven Records, 25 October 2023)
== Videos == Official videos, published on Smoke Fairies [[YouTube]] channel)<ref>{{Cite web |title=smokefairies |url=https://www.youtube.com/@smokefairies |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=YouTube |language=en}}</ref> * Living With Ghosts - July 2008 * Frozen Heart - July 2009 * Hotel Room - October 2010 * Strange Moon Rising - January 2011 * The Three Of Us - March 2012 * Let Me Know - August 2012 * Upstairs At United - April 2013 * We've Seen Birds - March 2014 * Shadow Inversions - June 2014 * 3 Kings - December 2014 * Christmas Without A Kiss - December 2015 * Out Of The Woods - Aug 2019 * Disconnect - November 2019 * Elevator - March 2020 * River Song - September 2022 * Gastown - November 2022 * Vanishing Line - September 2023
== Anthologies == *"Good Man" on ''Live at the Electroacoustic Club'', Vol. 2 (Running Jump Records, 13 November 2006) *"Troubles" on ''What's Kickin''', Vol. 2 (Stovepony Records, 14 May 2007)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - What's Kickin' Volume Two |date=2007 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3040628-Various-Whats-Kickin-Volume-Two |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> *"Troubles" on ''Shivering Sands and Scavenging Birds'' (Thames Delta Recording Co., 14 October 2009)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Shivering Sands & Scavenging Birds: Songs & Tunes From The Leigh Folk Festival 2009 |date=2009 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2583543-Various-Shivering-Sands-Scavenging-Birds-Songs-Tunes-From-The-Leigh-Folk-Festival-2009 |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> *"Frozen Heart" on ''Now Hear This!'' ''- Hand-Picked By The Word'' (Word Magazine, October 2009)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Now Hear This! (15 Great Tunes Hand-Picked By The Word, October 2009) |date=2009 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/2102725-Various-Now-Hear-This-15-Great-Tunes-Hand-Picked-By-The-Word-October-2009 |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Strange Moon Rising" on ''Ones to Watch 2011'' (Classic Rock Magazine, 2010)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Ones To Watch In 2011 |date=2010 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3377405-Various-Ones-To-Watch-In-2011 |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Hotel Room" on ''The Residential Sweetener'' ''2'' (Republic Of Music/Resident, 2010)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - The Residential Sweetener 2 |date=2010 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/29403724-Various-The-Residential-Sweetener-2 |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Hotel Room" on ''October Revolution Sampler 2010'' (Chrysalis Music, 2010)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - October 2010 Chrysalis Music Singles Sampler |date=2010 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14779436-Various-October-2010-Chrysalis-Music-Singles-Sampler |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Hotel Room" on ''Republic Of Music Presents...'' (Republic Of Music, 2010)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Republic Of Music Presents... |date=2010-11-01 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2647448-Various-Republic-Of-Music-Presents |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Strange Moon Rising" on ''Half A Decade Of Being Half-Cut'' (Release The Hounds, 2011)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Half A Decade Of Being Half-Cut. Five Years At The Mucky Pup |date=2011 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3184232-Various-Half-A-Decade-Of-Being-Half-Cut-Five-Years-At-The-Mucky-Pup |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Storm Song" on ''Rough Trade - Counter Culture 10'' (Promotional CD issued by [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]], February 2011)<ref>{{Cite web | title=Rough Trade Shops (Counter Culture 10) (2011, CD) - Discogs | website=[[Discogs]] | date=February 2011 | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2725874-Various-Rough-Trade-Shops-Counter-Culture-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103164536/https://www.discogs.com/release/2725874-Various-Rough-Trade-Shops-Counter-Culture-10 | access-date=2024-12-26 | archive-date=2023-01-03}}</ref> *"The Three Of Us" on ''Piccadilly Records 2012 Sampler'' (Republic Of Music, 2012)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Piccadilly Records 2012 Sampler |date=2012 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/10467069-Various-Piccadilly-Records-2012-Sampler |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"She Sells Sanctuary" on ''The Residential Sweetener 4'' (Republic Of Music/Resident, 2012)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - The Residential Sweetener 4 |date=2012 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/30969793-Various-The-Residential-Sweetener-4 |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Eclipse Them All" on ''What The Hell Are You Doing? Full Time Hobby 10th Anniversary'' (Full Time Hobby, 2014)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - What The Hell Are You Doing ? - Full Time Hobby 10th Anniversary Compilation |date=2014 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6624121-Various-What-The-Hell-Are-You-Doing-Full-Time-Hobby-10th-Anniversary-Compilation |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Your Own Silent Movie" on ''One For The Road - Uncut's Guide To The Best New Music'' (Uncut, April 2014)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - One For The Road (Uncut's Guide To The Best New Music) |date=April 2014 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5749170-Various-One-For-The-Road-Uncuts-Guide-To-The-Best-New-Music |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Your Own Silent Movie" on ''The Dreamers'' ([[Kate Bush]] Inspired Dream Pop, [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo Magazine]], October 2014)<ref name=":1" /> *"All Up In The Air" on ''Efflorescent'' ''- Echoes Live 22'' (Echodiscs, 2016)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Efflorescent (Echoes Live 22) |date=2016 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/29858524-Various-Efflorescent-Echoes-Live-22 |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"We've Seen Birds" on ''Jimmy Sings The Hits, Yngdave Plays The Licks!'' (WFMU, 2016)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Jimmy Sings The Hits, Yngdave Plays The Licks! |date=2016 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14816293-Various-Jimmy-Sings-The-Hits-Yngdave-Plays-The-Licks |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Out Of The Woods" on ''Resident Annual'' ''2019 - Sampler #12'' (Republic Of Music, 2019)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Resident Annual 2019 Sampler #12 |date=2019 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14492875-Various-Resident-Annual-2019-Sampler-12 |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> *"Disconnect" on ''Piccadilly Records Sampler 2020'' (Piccadilly Records, 2020)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Piccadilly Records Sampler 2020 |date=2020 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/16538553-Various-Piccadilly-Records-Sampler-2020 |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref>
== Guest appearances/credits == * Backing vocals on [[Duke Special]]'s - ''[[Huckleberry Finn EP]]'' (Reel to Reel, 2009)<ref>{{Citation |title=Duke Special - Huckleberry Finn |date=2009 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8283297-Duke-Special-Huckleberry-Finn- |access-date=2026-01-11 |language=en}}</ref> * Backing vocals on "Once", the B side of [[Kid Harpoon]]'s vinyl single ''Back From Beyond'' (Young Turks, October 2009)<ref>{{Citation |title=Kid Harpoon - Back From Beyond |date=2009-10-05 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3068703-Kid-Harpoon-Back-From-Beyond |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=en}}</ref> * Vocals and guitars on "It's Over" from ''[[Roy Orbison]] - Under the Covers'' - compilation album (Orbison Records, 2009)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spotify – Web Player |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3hX5nHn32BHOvdaRs5sSdF |access-date=2025-10-15 |website=Spotify |language=en}}</ref> * Backing vocals on "Shallow Brown" and "The Ellan Vannin Tragedy" from [[Richard Hawley|Richard Hawley's]] EP ''False Lights from the Land'' ([[Mute Records]], 7 June 2010)<ref>{{Citation |title=Richard Hawley - False Lights From The Land EP |date=2010-06-07 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2311749-Richard-Hawley-False-Lights-From-The-Land-EP |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> * Vocals and guitars on "Alabama" from ''Harvest Revisited'' (Promotional CD issued with [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo Magazine]], January 2011)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Harvest Revisited |date=January 2011 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2686321-Various-Harvest-Revisited |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> * Backing vocals on "Fencebuilding" from Rob Marr's album ''Anatomy'' (Rob Marr, 2012)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spotify – Web Player |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/4561OLs5XzhPneIXa3KaMh |access-date=2025-10-16 |website=Spotify |language=en}}</ref> * Vocals on "If I Were A Carpenter" from ''Reasons to Believe - The Songs of [[Tim Hardin]]'' - compilation album, (Full Time Hobby, 20 April 2013)<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Reason To Believe - The Songs Of Tim Hardin |date=2013 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4306401-Various-Reason-To-Believe-The-Songs-Of-Tim-Hardin |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> * Vocals on "Valentina" from [[Public Service Broadcasting (band)|Public Service Broadcasting]]'s album ''The Race for Space'' (Test Card Recordings, 2015)<ref>{{Citation |title=Public Service Broadcasting - The Race For Space |date=2015-02-23 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6685635-Public-Service-Broadcasting-The-Race-For-Space |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> * Backing vocals on "Sonny Boogie", "Blue" and "Coldblooded the Return" from [[Duke Garwood]]'s album ''Garden of Ashes'' ([[Heavenly Recordings]], 2017)<ref>{{Citation |title=Duke Garwood - Garden Of Ashes |date=2017-02-03 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/9768310-Duke-Garwood-Garden-Of-Ashes |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref> * Backing vocals on [[The Veils]]' ''....And Out of the Void Came Love'' album (Da Da Bing!, 2023)<ref>{{Citation |title=The Veils - …And Out Of The Void Came Love |date=2023-03-03 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/26194139-The-Veils-And-Out-Of-The-Void-Came-Love |access-date=2025-05-01 |language=en}}</ref>
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