Andrew Hockey

You dont and shouldnt have to worry about whether Songs From The Dandelion Clock finds Andrew keeping it real. He, yknow, writes and sings all the songs himself (and records them on his trusted eight-track), but beyond that its not for the biographer to try and quantify realness and sincerity. Phil Collins meant every word of Another Day In Paradise, man. What Phil didnt do is compose meditative, mantra-like loop-folk nodding to the Silver Apples (Ira Furor Brevis Est); crafty, evocative instrumentals bearing the touch of John Fahey (Prey For Good Winds); and the style of blues-infused fingerpicking that stretches from Bert Jansch to Tyrannosaurus Rex to 21st century anomalies like Entrance or M Ward. Andrew Hockey does all of that, and he manages to wrestle out of your glib comparative straitjackets to boot. He might have a selection of kindred spirits, but its a wholly singular path he travels.



"Hockey's music stands out a mile; slightly off kilter folk, but so much more than your average singer songwriter. In fact, the words singer and songwriter shouldn't be inflicted upon his beautiful, other worldy music. The EP is very, very special." - Huw Stephens, Radio1