Cambridge’s acclaimed psych-folk quintet Fuzzy Lights return with their fifth album ‘Fen Creatures’, set for release in November via Meadows. Following 2021’s critically lauded ‘Burials’, the band have created their most conceptually ambitious work to date – a meditation on environmental crisis that uses the folklore and history of East Anglia as a lens to examine humanity’s fractured relationship with the natural world.

Where ‘Burials’ explored personal trauma and environmental collapse, ‘Fen Creatures’ expands this vision into something far more sweeping and interconnected. The album operates across multiple historical timelines, from Iron Age hill forts to medieval plague houses, from Byron’s Romantic-era environmental warnings to the immediate threat of rising sea levels, creating a temporal tapestry that weaves ancient stories with contemporary concerns. “In the world we live, with the challenges of environmental devastation and change, it’s really important to reconnect to our history and the land around us,” explains vocalist Rachel Watkins. “We need to learn lessons from the past and try to live with the landscape rather than changing it to f it our needs. The album calls attention to environmental change while exploring how folklore ties to the landscape and our connection to our ancestors.”

Musically, the quintet, Rachel Watkins (vocals/violin), Xavier Watkins (guitar/electronics), Chris Rogers (guitar), Daniel Carney (bass), and Mark Blay (drums), have pushed deeper into experimental drone territories while maintaining the crystalline folk sensibilities that have become their signature. The result is their most atmospheric and immersive work to date, with vast sonic landscapes that mirror the fenland geography they’re documenting.

PRESS – FEN CREATURES (2025)

”…pitched somewhere between Pentangle and Black Sabbath, Superb stuff.”
UNCUT 9/10 ( plus We’re New Here feature)

“…the musical equivalent of Sandy Denny starring in Hammer Horror film Blood On Satan’s Claw.”
MOJO ★★★★
“Spellbinding stuff These are stories worth reading as well as hearing”
SHINDIG ★★★★

“Sprawling , uneasy and rather compelling”
RNR  ★★★★

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Inspired by Greek Tragedy, Barbara Streisand and Alex’s own internal critic, Alex Rex perform songs of love, loss and loathing that make the detestable whistleable