The second of our features on new bands who deserve to be heard sooner rather than later.

The Woodlands are married couple Hannah and Samuel Robertson and they share a hometown of Portland, Oregon with the similarly sublime Horse Feathers. Like Horse Feathers they make a fragile sounding folk-pop sound only with Hannah’s whispered vocals being even more delicate.

Earlier this year, they released their self-titled debut album which they recorded in what they call ‘a homemade studio fort of blankets and pillows’.

The album is a beautifully simplistic and intimate autumnal affair, a theme reflected in their video for Can We Stay, directed by James Wilson. Rather than me waffle on at length about how great they sound, you really ought to just click, stick it on full screen mode and listen.

Can We Stay from The Woodlands on Vimeo.

The album is available through iTunes and eMusic and The Woodlands Myspace site is here.