Forest Swords

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Forest Swords is one producer, Matthew Barnes, from the Wirral, Liverpool, UK. A unique blend of jagged hip-hop and R&B beats, looping guitar lines and manipulated samples, his evocative and emotional music reflects the sprawling Wirral landscape of river, coastland and woodland with all the haunting melodies of nearby city Liverpool’s enviable pop history. His studio EP – 2010′s Dagger Paths – received huge critical acclaim. Despite it’s EP length, it was named FACT Magazine’s #1 album of the year and Pitchfork’s #48 best, called “one of 2010′s finest underground records” by NM… read more
Forest Swords is one producer, Matthew Barnes, from the Wirral, Liverpool, UK. A unique blend of jagged hip-hop and R&B beats, looping guitar lines and manipulated samples, his evocative and emotional music reflects the sprawling Wirral landscape of river, coastland and woodland with all … read more
Forest Swords is one producer, Matthew Barnes, from the Wirral, Liverpool, UK. A unique blend of jagged hip-hop and R&B beats, looping guitar lines and manipulated samples, his evocative and emotional music reflects the sprawling Wirral landscape of river, coastland and woodland with all the haunting melodies of nearby city Liverpool’s enviable pop history. H… read more

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1 Play track Crow (DJ-Kicks) - Mixed Crow (DJ-Kicks) - Mixed
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2 Play track Compassion Panic
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3 Play track Compassion The Highest Flood
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4 Play track Compassion War It
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5 Play track Compassion Raw Language
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6 Play track Line Gone Cold - Deconstructed Line Gone Cold - Deconstructed
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7 Play track Friend, You Will Never Learn - 2025 Remaster Friend, You Will Never Learn - 2025 Remaster
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8 Play track Thor’s Stone - 2025 Remaster Thor’s Stone - 2025 Remaster
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9 Play track Compassion Sjurvival
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10 Play track Bolted Munitions
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  1. 114,421 listeners

    4 May 2017 · 10 tracks

    Compassion
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  2. 100,010 listeners

    21 Aug 2013 · 10 tracks

    Engravings
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  3. 34,173 listeners

    22 Nov 2010 · 8 tracks

    Dagger Paths
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    26 Jul 2010 · 2 tracks

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