· Lucy Lerner · Reviews
Nanuk’s Spaceships: Folk Simplicity with Cosmic Romance

British singer-songwriter Nanuk ventures into ethereal territory with Spaceships, a tender folk offering that captures the fragile excitement of love through delicate acoustic arrangements.
Released via Cherub Records, this gentle and soothing piece of folk music showcases the artist’s knack for crafting emotionally resonant songs from honest places.
Spaceships opens with pristine acoustic guitar fingerpicking that immediately establishes an intimate atmosphere.
Nanuk’s vocals float over the minimal instrumentation with a vulnerability that feels both personal and universal.
The production wisely stays out of the way, allowing the song’s emotional core to breathe naturally.
Drawing from his influences like Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens, Nanuk demonstrates how less can indeed be more.
The track’s strength lies in its restraint. Every strum, every vocal inflection serves the song’s central theme of romantic wonder without unnecessary embellishment.
Nanuk’s songwriting maturity shines through carefully chosen lyrics that avoid cliché whilst maintaining relatability.
The song creates a sonic space that feels both vast and intimate. Rather like watching stars from a bedroom window.
Spaceships is a simple, honest love song that finds beauty in restraint. Nanuk has crafted something that feels timeless, prioritising emotional truth over sonic complexity.