Today Malpas aka songwriter Ali Forbes and producer Andy Savours are releasing their stunning new single ‘Under Her Sails’. Out on Killing Moon Records, it melds honeyed vocals with a densely textured backdrop of acoustic electronica, handclaps, synths and dreamy soundscapes that enrapture from the first listen.

For Andy, Malpas is his first official venture out from behind the mixing desk, having previously made records with artists including The Horrors, Sigur Ros and My Bloody Valentine.

The project began as an experiment. The starting point was a few raw and creaky folk demos Ali recorded in an attic in Kings Heath, Birmingham, using loops of layered acoustic instruments and listing, low-key vocal melodies. Then began an email chain that ultimately formulated the Malpas sound. This cut-and-paste approach continued, each of the pair chopping and sampling the others contributions and using the limitations of the method as inspiration.

Check out the single below and if you like what you hear, visit the band’s Facebook page.

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