F ingers is a Melbourne, Australia-based trio that creates sparse, haunting darkwave folk with shadowy vocals, spacious acoustic guitars, fluid bass guitar, and sparingly used synthesizer. Consisting of
Tarquin Manek and Sam Karmel (both of
Bum Creek) along with vocalist
Carla dal Forno (of
Mole House), the group initially went by the name
Fingers Pty Ltd and released a cassette titled
Broken Fingers on Night People. In 2014,
Manek and
dal Forno formed a duo called
Tarcar and released their debut EP,
Mince Glace, on the Blackest Ever Black label. That label also released
Hide Before Dinner, the debut LP by the newly rechristened
F ingers, in 2015. The group also issued a limited tour-only cassette that year called Trilogy: They Got the Best Heart. Following the 2016 release of
dal Forno's debut solo album,
You Know What It's Like,
F ingers returned in 2017 with the full-length
Awkwardly Blissing Out. ~ Paul Simpson