You Are Wolf

With a background in classical composition, Kerry Andrew became fascinated by the spoken word and folk songs. All three strands find their way on to this adventurous debut, a concept album exploring the mythic qualities of birds, along with hushed electro-pop backdrops from producer MaJiKer. Andrew's vocals are suitably airy and larkish, often multilayered, though there's a wonderful a cappella version of The Bird's Courting Song. Darker strains of the avian realm come with the ancient Three Ravens and her own Oh Ruin, a nocturnal owl flight. Even Prince's When Doves Cry gets a turn alongside a traditional ballad sung by Alasdair Roberts. English avant-folk at its finest. - The Observer

‘an effortlessly charming and flamboyant frontwoman possessed of a truly beautiful voice, which also served as a seemingly bottomless repository of clicks, clacks and hums, layered and looped into richly absorbing tapestries of sound. Like Knapp, Andrew is a serious musician with a sense of fun and an infectious sense of humour, much in evidence when she quickly dispatched the one drunken heckler in attendance. Along with artists such as Alexander Tucker, Kemper Norton, Lutine and Lost Harbours, Knapp and Andrew are clearly dedicated to pushing British folk music forward into an uncertain future rather than insisting simply on its preservation’ - Drowned in Sound

Kerry Andrew’s unlikely fusion of Prince’s ‘When Doves Cry’ with trad tune ‘Turtle Dove’ is a decent primer for her modernist twist on wyrd-folk. This bird-themed suite mixes old folk songs with crisp electronica, foregrounding Andrew’s experimental use of multi-layered vocals. Her ‘Cuckoo’ conjured up an entire flock, ‘Swansong, adds a spoken-word interlude to ‘Molly Bawn’, and ‘Doves’ features Alasdair Roberts. It’s smart stuff, if sometimes overly dense. ‘The Buzzard’s Heart, where Andrew brings Robin Robertson to musical life with just a lone voice and a glorious array of strings, proves a victory for spare simplicity. UNCUT (7/10) - Uncut Magazine

Following 2011’s Hunting Little Songs EP, London-based polymath Kerry Andrew relases her full debut as You Are Wolf via the label founded by Steven Collins of folk rock outfit The Owl Service. Assisted by her guitarist/bassist partner Andrew Furlow, she further develops her electronically-enhanced vocal experimentation with compelling results. The painstakingly looped ‘n’ layered polyphony of Cuckoo serves as a deceptively cheerful introduction to an album which takes eerie detours through the haunted arbours of British folk. The hovering spectre of kookiness is rapidly
Banished: Andrew is too skilled a composer and musician for that, and her songs draw on familiar subject matter (sex and death are seldom far away). Doves sees Prince’s anthem of lust and confusion When Doves Cry converge with trad ballad Turtle Doves. With electronic processing, her voice is a thing of beauty and clarity. But her willingness to take it past conventional limits earn s her a place alongside Lisa Knapp, Alexander Tucker and Kemper Norton in the growing company of arts currently reconfiguring British folk as a music not only of the past, but of the present and future. - PROG Magazine