The tour commences May 4 in Chicago and ends May 28 in Portland. Ghosts is a limited edition 12" vinyl album with access to a free download of the whole collection compiling their first two singles and an EP being issued in the United States by 453 Music.

Their unique interweaving of ethereal vocal harmonizing and swampland guitars draws inspiration from sources as seemingly contradictory as the rolling hills of the pair's native Sussex and the foothills of the Appalachian mountains; the smoky jazz cafes of New Orleans to the sunny meadows of the English countryside. try to pigeonhole the Smoke Fairies? You might as well try to capture a storm in a whisky bottle. The U.K. press already have an ongoing love affair with Smoke Fairies and now the U.S. media coming on board as well:

The lines between folk and blues and rock are permeable in these songs. "Sunshine," which starts the disc, follows a Pentangle-ish trail of interlocking guitars. The voices are closely harmonized, whispery and evocative. Yet as the minutes pass, a barrage of electric instruments enters and the intensity picks up, more Jefferson Airplane than Judy Collins.