Aus­tralian alt folk-pop duo Charm of Finch­es – sis­ters Mabel and Ivy Win­dred-Wornes – are back. Their beguil­ing new sin­gle is called Mete­or, the first of a series of planned releas­es over the com­ing months that will form their high­ly antic­i­pat­ed fifth album.

Inspired by the pow­er­ful forces of nature that reflect a tumul­tuous inner world, the track was record­ed by the ocean in Vic­to­ria, Aus­tralia, and mixed in Canada. 

About the cre­ation of Mete­or, Charm of Finch­es had this to say: “This song came out of a bit of a tur­bu­lent time, and con­tem­plates the some­times fraught rela­tion­ship with the self. We’ve vis­it­ed many dra­mat­ic land­scapes this year – we hiked up an active vol­cano in New Zealand and vis­it­ed the old­est rain­for­est in the world up in North­ern Queens­land. We think that wit­ness­ing the pow­er and grandeur of nature real­ly influ­enced the writ­ing of this song.”

Mete­or is enhanced by the stun­ning video which was direct­ed and edit­ed by the sis­ters them­selves. It fea­tures ele­gant chore­og­ra­phy and shaman­ic feath­ered cos­tumes that were hand-craft­ed by the band.

“We love to cre­ate music videos that are sort of like mini short films”, the duo com­ment. “We drew aes­thet­ic inspi­ra­tion from Yel­low Jack­ets with a sprin­kle of Nar­nia. We got out the glue guns and hand­craft­ed elven twig crowns and feath­ered cos­tume pieces, and even paint­ed an ani­mal skull mask. We col­lab­o­rat­ed with our incred­i­ble friends who helped us design and put togeth­er the cos­tumes, source props as well as dance and act in it! We want­ed to cap­ture a mag­i­cal, pow­er­ful, nat­ur­al world and incor­po­rate the beau­ty of the Aus­tralian landscape.”

Win­ners of the Aus­tralian Folk Music Awards Best Folk Album (2022) and Music Vic­to­ria Best Folk Act (2021), the band have also been nom­i­nat­ed twice for the Aus­tralian Music Prize.

Catch Charm of Finch­es on their upcom­ing UK tour:
Feb­ru­ary
18 – The Grace, Lon­don -
19 – The Old Sta­bles – Crick­lade
20 – Folk­lore – Brighton
21 – Jam Jar – Bris­tol
22 – The Hive – Shrews­bury
23 – The Inter­na­tion­al – Leices­ter
24 – Tem­per­ance – Leam­ing­ton Spa
25 – Kitchen Gar­den – Kings Heath
26 – St Mary’s Cre­ative Space – Chester
27 – St Mary Mag­dalen Church – Oxford
28 – Sta­bles 2 Mil­ton Keynes
March
2 – Fleece Inn – Eve­sham
3 – Old Laun­derette Durham 
4 – Glad Café – Glasgow

This is what Charm of Finch­es had to say about their last vis­it to the UK – and no won­der they’re look­ing for­ward to their return. “On our last UK tour, we con­nect­ed with so many peo­ple and we can’t wait to vis­it again – singing in old church­es, stuff­ing our­selves with Eng­lish break­fast and pat­ting high­land cows. Then we’ll be writ­ing songs by the windswept coasts and rugged moun­tains of Scot­land, cre­at­ing our fifth record.”

Charm of Finch­es ‘Mete­or’ out 14th Novem­ber 2025
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