Volcano Choir

Bon Iver's Bon Iver is Justin Vernon returning to former haunts with a new spirit. The reprises are there – solitude, quietude, hope and desperation compressed – but always a rhythm arises, a pulse vivified by gratitude and grace notes. The winter, the legend, has faded to just that, and this is the new momentary present. The icicles have dropped, rising up again as grass.

The explosive and uplifting new project from Paul Russell. Raised in an old mining village in the central belt of Scotland and now based in Glasgow, it features a number of handpicked musicians spread throughout the UK. A triumph of neo-classical arrangement, a world in which jubilant choir-led chamber music and post-punk meet head on to form a place where anything is possible. Its members are a who’s who of Scottish music, incorporating thrilling math-rockers Axes, personal favourites Admiral Fallow, dub group Suicide Bid, the Scottish Ballet and Falkirk-based Klezmer street band Puff Uproar. Power Pose is joyful, endearing and thrilling all at once - the sound of a warm fire on a cold Scottish night.