Ferris & Sylvester
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Ferris & Sylvester are a British folk duo from London.{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |title=New music to listen to this week: Ferris & Sylvester |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/ferris-and-sylvester-new-music-to-listen-to-now-hear-this-tour-dates-ep-a7789506.html |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=15 February 2022}} The group consists of Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester.{{cite magazine |last=Taysom |first=Joe |title=Ferris & Sylvester premiere the gorgeous 'Knock You Down' |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ferris-and-sylvester-knock-you-down-brand-new-song/ |magazine=Far Out Magazine |access-date=15 February 2022}} In 2019, they were named as one of Rolling Stone{{'}}s Americana artists to watch;{{Cite magazine |last=Crawford |first=Robert |date=2019-12-16 |title=10 Best Country and Americana Songs to Hear Now: Della Mae, John Moreland |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/best-country-songs-this-week-john-moreland-brad-paisley-926992/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} their debut album, released in 2022,{{Cite web |last=Bayles |first=Rick |date=2022-04-14 |title=Ferris & Sylvester Superhuman |url=https://americana-uk.com/ferris-sylvester-superhuman |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Americana UK}} won "UK Album of the Year" at the 2023 UK Americana Awards.
Career
The duo met in 2016 as solo musicians, working London's gigging circuit, and started writing together.{{Cite web |last=Frolish |first=Andrew |date=2019-11-14 |title=Interview: Ferris & Sylvester |url=https://americana-uk.com/interview-ferris-sylvester |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Americana UK |language=en-GB}}
The duo released their debut EP, The Yellow Line, in 2017; it was produced by Youth at his Space Mountain Studios. Their second EP, Made in Streatham, was released in 2018, with the single "London's Blues" rising to number 14 on Spotify's UK Viral Chart. Their third EP, I Should Be on a Train, was released in 2020, followed by a live EP, Live at Real World Studios, in 2021.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
In 2022, the duo released their debut album, Superhuman.{{Cite magazine |last=McCarthy |first=Neive |date=2022-03-11 |title=Ferris & Sylvester – Superhuman |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/ferris-sylvester-superhuman/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |magazine=Clash |language=en-GB}} The album debuted at No.1 in the UK's Official Jazz and Blues Album Chart{{Cite web |title=Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart on 18/3/2022 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/jazz-and-blues-albums-chart/20220318/18/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Official Charts Company |language=en}} and won UK Album of the Year at the 2023 Americana Awards.{{Cite news |title=UK Americana Awards 2023 winners revealed |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/uk-americana-awards-2023-winners-revealed/087319 |access-date=2024-01-04 |newspaper=Music Week}}
Their second studio album, Otherness was released in March 2024. The 14-track album, released through their own label Archtop Records, was recorded at the duo's studio to a 1960s tape machine.{{cn|date=January 2024}}