Woodcraft Folk are a UK electronic-folk group active from 2000 to the present. Their music moves between post-folk, electronic and ambient textures, with a strong interest in older musical references and analogue detail.

Style and sound

The group’s tracks combine twinkling tones, clicks and pops, and a chillout atmosphere with more clearly defined melodic writing. Their work is described through comparisons that place one song alongside the Animals’ interpretation of “House of the Rising Sun” and the theme music from Tales of the Unexpected, while another shifts toward the electronic style associated with Iceland’s Múm. Their sound also draws on Kraftwerk-like electronics, the pastoral fingerpicked world associated with Nick Drake, and the broadcast-like texture of indie electronica.

Repertoire

Trough of Bowland is presented as a track that moves easily between styles. Love The Monk opens with a post-folk feel. Old House At Home takes a more electronic direction, and Old House At Home II continues in a similarly atmospheric vein. An Up and Coming Concern is noted for its Kraftwerk influence, while Willow Beauty includes melodica. Reindeer on the Roof is described as a delicate electronic piece built around a central melody.

Character

The group’s music combines homespun charm with sharper electronic edges. Their songs are framed as shifting between folk reference points, experimental pop and subtle digital textures, rather than staying within a single genre.