Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

Forest Swords

On tour

  • Listeners

    258.1K

  • Scrobbles

    5.6M

  • Listeners

    258.1K

  • Scrobbles

    5.6M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
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

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Lee Gamble

  2. Avatar for Rival Consoles

  3. Avatar for Demdike Stare
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Torch / Pearl of Hail Torch
  • Loading
 1,863 listeners
2 Play track Torch / Pearl of Hail Pearl of Hail
  • Loading
 1,002 listeners
3 Play track Bolted Night Sculpture
  • Loading
 914 listeners
4 Play track Crow (DJ-Kicks) - Mixed Crow (DJ-Kicks) - Mixed
  • Loading
 500 listeners
5 Play track Compassion Sjurvival
  • Loading
 401 listeners
6 Play track Bolted Munitions
  • Loading
 330 listeners
7 Play track Butterfly Effect Butterfly Effect
  • Loading
 289 listeners
8 Play track Compassion Panic
  • Loading
 276 listeners
9 Play track Butterfly Effect Tar
  • Loading
 209 listeners
10 Play track Compassion The Highest Flood
  • Loading
 185 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 100,117 listeners

    4 May 2017 · 10 tracks

    Compassion
    • Loading

  2. 94,329 listeners

    21 Aug 2013 · 10 tracks

    Engravings
    • Loading

  3. 32,101 listeners

    22 Nov 2010 · 8 tracks

    Dagger Paths
    • Loading

  4. 21,355 listeners

    26 Jul 2010 · 2 tracks

    Rattling Cage
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
652
1,773
1,019
927
1,153
982
975
975
899
592
598
782
728
676
750
746
587
577
641
648
616
616
755
570
508
642
585
628
642
604
496
448
620
618
661
555
506
405
406
608
599
554
541
559
428
443
578
570
562
524
522
405
418
504
543
516
545
515
419
393
477
550
538
544
466
422
305
304
389
449
454
433
418
367
347
443
459
462
417
378
372
423
444
431
468
398
367
365
460
465
504
471
428
362
353
409
466
454
453
334
373
336
397
432
402
416
381
320
302
425
387
404
446
466
361
323
467
452
440
509
402
316
350
407
428
403
436
396
332
303
381
389
405
391
403
330
321
462
403
473
480
415
327
343
386
411
470
423
377
351
310
381
447
474
413
375
330
344
409
397
451
492
409
354
315
347
430
364
385
356
297
310
397
379
432
801
1,151
580
469
678
670
572

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 55,550 listeners

    Avatar for Lee Gamble

  2. 297,475 listeners

    Avatar for Rival Consoles

  3. 61,586 listeners

    Avatar for Demdike Stare

  4. 185,110 listeners

    Avatar for Ben Frost

  5. 582,323 listeners

    Avatar for Oneohtrix Point Never

  6. 1,178,091 listeners

    Avatar for Four Tet

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

Features

API Calls