Jerskin Fendrix – Once Upon A Time... In Shropshire (2xLP)

Once Upon A Time... In Shropshire is the second studio album by Jerskin Fendrix, released in October 2025. Inspired by his upbringing in the English countryside, the album acts as a personal and emotional recollection of memory, loss and family. Written between film scoring projects, it combines electronic textures with chamber-pop arrangements, evoking both rural stillness and inner turmoil. Fendrix’s voice moves between tender introspection and theatrical intensity, tying together a record that feels at once nostalgic and forward-looking.

The music shifts effortlessly from quiet piano-led passages to swelling orchestral peaks and moments of rhythmic experimentation. Its tone is reflective but rarely static — full of tension, vulnerability and flashes of humour. Once Upon A Time... In Shropshire plays like a cinematic journey through the artist’s own landscape of memory, merging vivid imagery with emotional resonance.

Reviews

“His quirky and elaborate instrumentals capture the restless nature … the dense arrangements underscore the nostalgic element.” — The Quietus

“Once Upon A Time… In Shropshire … dramatize a true and personal story … songs’ trilling pianos and delicate violins … interrupted only briefly by stormy band crash outs … are musically warm and inviting like a film score for a period piece.” — Paste