Do you call it Nu-Folk? Post-Folk, Chamber-Folk or Fleet-Folk?

Ever since Fleet Foxes released a beautiful album of baroque vocal harmonies, Brian Wilsonesque instrumentation and stunning attention to detail, we've heard artists worldwide embrace glorious rich textures and timbres as if they were handing out degrees in orchestration in weeties packets...

Australia's answer to Fleet Foxes, as much as they'd hate to hear me say, is Boy & Bear. I doubt they would dig the obvious comparison but I don't mean it as a slight. Boy and Bear sound truly beautiful. The voices are so relaxed, so intimate. And when Mexican Mavis hits top gear with driving drums and thundering guitar chords (woah there, i didn't hear any of them in the Fleet Foxes Album!) there's nothing to do but sit back and and let it wash over you.

I can't wait to hear what else Boy & Bear come up with, "Storm" (the only other song available on their myspace) is another beautiful song featuring concise, melodic guitar lines and intimate vocal lines. There's real songwriting smarts on display here. I'm salivating at the thought of a future album.