Toria Wooff - Toria Wooff [Limited 180g ‘Blood Red’ Vinyl]

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: SF001LPX
Barcode: 5060168046291
Release Date: 31 Oct 2025
Genre: Folk/Americana/Country

Limited 180g ‘Blood Red’ Vinyl Repress - 300 COPIES ONLY.
INDIES ONLY/NON-RETURNABLE.
Double Sided Lyric Insert.

‘A Tremendous debut. Skilfully blending folk, country and other styles, Woof’s eponymous debut album features thoughtful songwriting, adroit musicianship and her remarkable, crystalline vocals’ - 4/5 RECORD COLLECTOR

‘Enchanting. Whether playing almost solo or with a full band arrangement, Wooff is never less than mesmerising’ - 4/5 SHINDIG!

‘Her spectral voice and acoustic guitar lead abstract stories of loss, yearning and self-exploration, nimbly embellished with pedal steel, organ and strings. ‘The Waltz Of Winter Hey’ and ‘Lefty’s Motel Room’, with its allusive nod to Townes Van Zandt, are outstanding’ - 8/10 UNCUT 

‘Launching herself fully onto the scene, she beguiles with tales of love, loss, hope and womanhood, wrapped up in a beautifully strange gothic romanticism’ - FOR FOLK’S SAKE

‘The beauty in the record is not merely based on Toria’s melancholic melodicism and rich delivery. It can be enjoyed in the juxtaposition between the singer’s darker, more eerily gothic instincts and the soothing, reassuring presence of instruments like pedal steel and cellos.’ - KLOF

Recorded with producer and mix engineer James Wyatt, at his Sloe Flower studio in Chester - with the organ recorded in Wales, co-incidentally where Robert Plant wrote IV - the objective was simple; show restraint. With Toria’s reassuring vocals and guitar taking the lead, it is only at the end of ‘Sweet William’ when the band join in, whilst rousing strings on ‘Seeing Things Through’ crescendo at the perfect point through instinct rather than intent – adding its own challenges. “‘Sweet William’ was one of the hardest songs I’ve written and recorded; the fullness at the end feels so warm, it would have been easy to add things and change it up, especially with tracks like The Flood which have been part of me for so long. So, we took everything off and built from there.”

1 - The Plough 2 - Lefty’s Motel Room 3 - Song For A 4 - Sweet William 5 - Mountains 6 - The Flood 7 - Author Song 8 - The Waltz of Winter Hey 9 - That’s What Falling In Love Will Do 10 - See Things Through 11 – Estuaries