Freak Folk is a style that uses mainly acoustic instruments; mostly guitar (often in alternate tunings) and occasionally violin or flute, accompanied by percussion instruments such as bongos. Used correctly, it tends to refer to music with long instrumental/psychedelic passages (and that may utilize drones), or "poppier" folk music with elaborately baroque, psychedelic or oppressive atmospheres. Some modern singer-songwriters are tagged as Freak Folk just for looking a bit peculiar.
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| 1 | June Madrona — St. Helens |
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| 2 | Eftos — Lunatic ward (intro) |
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| 3 | Play on youtube | Eftos — Lunatic ward |
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| 4 | Eftos — Progeria (intro) |
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| 5 | Eftos — Progeria |
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| 6 | Eftos — Epsilon Indi (finale) |
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| 7 | Play on youtube | Animal Collective — Grass |
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| 8 | Eftos — C10H15N (intro) |
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| 9 | Eftos — Carpe Nihil (intro) |
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| 10 | Eftos — Halfworld (finale) |
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