Rachael Dadd is an English folk and lo-fi musician based in Bristol, Englan… Read Full Bio ↴Rachael Dadd is an English folk and lo-fi musician based in Bristol, England. She is currently signed to French independent label Talitres.

Whether it be by handing out cake or percussive pots of rice to shake, Dadd puts her audience at ease - she's had plenty of practice, having toured England and Japan numerous times, and played festival slots since 2001 including an appearance on Glastonbury’s Acoustic Stage with one of her collaborative projects, Whalebone Polly (with Kate Stables of This is the Kit). She enjoys performing in intimate settings the most, but can adapt well, having proved this when she performed a series of shows in Japan, each to an audience of 3000.

Dadd makes most of her music by telling everyone that she's going to bed, and then sneaking off to her trusty 8-track and plugging herself in. Her songs sparkle with a wide-eyed wonder and exhibit a fascination for the everyday magic of life. Soon after stepping foot in Bristol in 2003, Dadd gained the reputation by Venue Magazine as, “the author of a deft, charismatic brand of folk music". Since then she has turned the heads of Rob Da Bank, Bob Harris and Huw Stevens, as well as those in other fields such as artist Yoshitomo Nara. Her last album The World Outside is in a Cupboard was described as “absolutely staggering” by Julian Peck of Sunday Best Recordings. She has been adopted as part of the Fence Collective’s extended family, and has been invited to be part of several compilation releases, the most recent being Little Things on Indy label Flau, from which The Wire Magazine picked out her contribution as one that “appeals most of all”.

Her album After the Ant Fight, recorded with Ali Chant (who has worked with John Parish, Howe Gelb and PJ Harvey), is her third album to be released on Japanese label Angel’s Egg and is her most varied and exciting work to date. On it she invites her Bristol friends to play, leading her impromptu penguin café orchestra down a lyrical and melodic path. On the album, not only does Dadd turn her own hands to piano, banjo, guitar, clarinet and harmonium, but too turns them to the album’s sleeve, appropriately dressing it in exquisite ant-depicting needlework. In this way she maintains a certain D.I.Y ethos that has been apparent since her very first 4-track recordings complete with hand-drawn covers.

“Rachael’s song writing is atypical – the obvious moves are avoided in favor of the element of surprise. ‘Table’ in particular is stunning…a Philip Glass-y piece of minimalism that rises to a peak on the back of a just-so mix of piano, harmonium, clarinet and one-take drums, then falls away again…the kind of freshness that draws you back for another listen, and another.” Jumped Up Pantry Boy, http://pantry.wordpress.com/

"The true star of a stage positively brimming with quality. Authentic, unpretentious and lightened by Ms Dadd's loveable persona, the bands ethereal folk seduced an audience already spoilt with highlights. Sumptuous harmonies, pastoral melodies and banana grins abound." Venue Magazine

"This LP will be filled with the same kind of magical, bewitching tunes as Føroyar, with vocal hooks that send thrilling shivers sprinting across your nerve endings and sink you into those hot joyful flushes that only come with the experience of something quite unique." Stool Pigeon

Arrows
Rachael Dadd Lyrics

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AL3JANDRO I told them that′s enough Late night toast, sipping on their…
Alaskalaska I stole a rose on my way home A ticking bomb,…
Alejandro I told them that's enough Late night toast sippin' on their…
Alva I′m undone tonight Feelings come to life Things I have to sa…
Amy & The Engine Stop right there It's been awhile, Since I've walked on my o…
Angel Snow Had you in my arms Threw it away Had you in my…
Arrows (feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) - Fences My old man He kicked me out He kicked me out When I…
BEDROOM - Foo Fighters She was a friend of mine Alone on a dead end…
Billie Marten Satellite or moon? Riddle or fortune? How long will it take …

Blackalicious Amazin phase your days your hazy ways my Blazing Arrow The…
BUMP OF CHICKEN 大長編の探険ごっこ　落書き地図の上迷子は迷子と出会った　不燃物置き場の前嫌いな思い出ばっかり詰めた　荷物を抱えて…
Children Collide we all took it for granted that you'd always be around i…
Contact I've got so many secrets to tell you I feel alone,…
Crosby Stills & Nash Arrows turned inward are good for the soul I have a…
Dan Navarro Oh my love The time has come To be moving on To where…
David Crosby Arrows turned inward are good for the soul I have a…
Deceptic With autopilot initiated we move along the totems In algorit…
Distant Wreck Embrace the empty road ahead, as we lose the fire, that ne…
Einar Stray the hands are reaching for the bright black morning light o…
Einar Stray Orchestra The hands are reaching for the bright black morning light Ou…
Emily Rowed Take it away from me Take anything you need I'll be alright…
Fences My old man He kicked me out He kicked me out When I…
Fences feat. Macklemore & Ryan My old man He kicked me out He kicked me out When I…
Fences feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Fences: My old man He kicked me out He kicked me o…
Fences Feat. Macklemore And Rya Just escape! Fences: My old man He kicked me out…
Fences feat. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Fences: My old man He kicked me out He kicked me o…
Fences feat. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - My old man He kicked me out He kicked me out When I…
Fences Ft. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Just escape! Fences: My old man He kicked me out…
Fences Macklemore & Ryan Lewis My old man He kicked me out He kicked me out When I…
Fireworks On occasion, my mouth still bleeds From when I cut it…
Fireworks (US) On occasion, my mouth still bleeds From when I cut it…
Foo Fighters She was a friend of mine Alone on a dead end…
frachter it's walking we're made for the route is yet unknown one ste…
HAUX Arrows Cut from the the woods The love that we sheltered Mis…
HOLY FAWN you can cut me down so you can count my rings you…
Jimmy Needham I see You hidin’ there Behind the orphan’s stare Every time …
Ligion Take another right Make another wrong All we do is fight and…
living ghosts For the past couple of years I've been writing songs…
Lunglust Which arrows do you send, poison or ones that mend? You're…
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis My old man He kicked me out He kicked me out When I…
Mas Ysa For years more arrows still crushing for you ghost Lost your…
Miniluv Feed me to the sea and I will take the…
Mitch Hedberg Hey I bought myself a parrot The parrot talked but he…
Nightmares For A Week I looked up from the top of the bottle Looked around,…
Northstar The arrow's too dull to stick in me now…
OG Lullabies Un mese fa my heart went far so far To follow…
Paper Lights Please don’t miss this chance to feel what all this…
Rare Monk Hold me down Deep underwater, until the bubbles stop Wake me…
Red Fang I'll take the time it takes to make it right He'll…
Regarding Ambiguity Scaling a well made from everything That made you think that…
Reverie Sound Revue Arrows Tease tease tease these tables, tables set for 3 Se…
Roscoe James Irwin Running to the church through the pouring rain Skinny white …
She Her Her Hers 差異のない舞台ではじまるそばにおいでといいたい迎えたい志向の息吹をここにおいでといいたい風任せ時任せ最…
Silver Swans So easy to say she was so small like a horse,…
Stonegard The crowd makes a cheer, of vengeance and fear, you have…
Tattle Tale You've got an arrow in your hand please don't shoot…
The Lonely Forest This is why you don't feed the animals That live inside…
The White Nights Severe arrows moving in time Nothing is able to detain them.…
Vampire Weekend I saw you Down at the station Your leather suitcase Burst…
Vinten Say you're something Say you're something you'…
What So Not & Dillon Francis I'd fall for you But I'd call for you Walk through…
What So Not & Dillon Francis Feat. Dawn Golden I'd fall for you But I'd call for you Walk through walls…
Wyldest I can't sleep Midnight take me To another realm Whispering s…
Y.M.C. I was born wide eyed Till I shut the world out Miserable…