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Freak folk is an experimental indie genre that emerged in the 2000s, blending traditional folk with avant-garde and psychedelic elements. It features unconventional vocals, eclectic instrumentation, and lo-fi production that challenges folk conventions. The genre embraces whimsy, surrealism, and DIY aesthetics while maintaining organic, acoustic foundations.

100 chronological releases

Place Cover Date Artist Album Tags
29 1970 Exuma Exuma II
71 Cover for Just Another Diamond Day 1970 Vashti Bunyan Just Another Diamond Day
73 1971 Comus First Utterance
60 Cover for Mutiny 1983-11 The Birthday Party Mutiny
67 1996-09-10 Cat Power What Would the Community Think
59 1997-05-20 Smog Red Apple Falls
23 2000 Six Organs of Admittance The Manifestation
2 Cover for Dark Noontide 2002-02-19 Six Organs of Admittance Dark Noontide
50 2002-08-21 Devendra Banhart The Charles C. Leary
70 2002-10-28 Devendra Banhart Oh Me Oh My... The Way the Day Goes by the Sun Is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit
74 Cover for Now 2002-11-19 Kim Jung Mi Now
3 Cover for The Madcap Laughs (Deluxe Version) 2003 Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs (Deluxe Version)
25 Cover for Goodbye Different Oceans 2003 Christina Antipa Goodbye Different Oceans
79 Cover for Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished 2003 Animal Collective Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished
5 Cover for The Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken By Storm! 2003-03-04 Entrance The Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken By Storm!
21 2003-03-04 Entrance The Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken by Storm
39 2003-04-02 Animal Collective Campfire Songs
62 2003-04-11 Dirty Projectors The Glad Fact
87 2003-06-17 Animal Collective Here Comes the Indian
80 2003-10-06 Animal Collective Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished
11 2004 Kemialliset Ystävät Alkuhärkä
93 Cover for La Maison de Mon Reve 2004 CocoRosie La Maison de Mon Reve
17 2004-03-08 Jack Rose Two Originals Of...
58 2004-03-09 CocoRosie La maison de mon rêve
36 Cover for Milk-Eyed Mender 2004-03-23 Joanna Newsom Milk-Eyed Mender
55 2004-03-23 Joanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed Mender
99 Cover for Sung Tongs 2004-05-03 Animal Collective Sung Tongs
9 2004-05-04 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing in the Hands
61 Cover for C'mon Miracle 2004-05-04 Mirah C'mon Miracle
38 Cover for Magic Wand 2004-08-17 Little Wings Magic Wand
18 2004-09-07 Julie Doiron Goodnight Nobody
83 2004-10-19 Castanets Cathedral
47 2004-11-09 Grizzly Bear Horn Of Plenty
13 Cover for Hush Arbors 2005 Hush Arbors Hush Arbors
40 2005 Vetiver Between
54 2005-01-24 Six Organs of Admittance School of the Flower
90 Cover for Prospect Hummer 2005-05-16 Animal Collective Prospect Hummer
78 Cover for Noah's Ark 2005-09-13 CocoRosie Noah's Ark
82 Cover for Grass 2005-09-26 Animal Collective Grass
100 2005-10-14 Animal Collective Feels
56 Cover for Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain 2006-01-01 Sparklehorse Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain
76 Cover for Desert Doughnuts 2006-06-06 Metallic Falcons Desert Doughnuts
65 Cover for Begin to Hope 2006-06-13 Regina Spektor Begin to Hope
52 2006-08-22 Jason Molina Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go
75 Cover for New Attitude 2006-09-12 Dirty Projectors New Attitude
43 2006-10-10 Damien Jurado And Now That I'm In Your Shadow
1 Cover for Synchromy 2006-10-17 Feathers Synchromy
19 Cover for The Unsung Colony 2006-10-24 Norfolk & Western The Unsung Colony
86 Cover for People 2006-11-13 Animal Collective People
27 2007 Sun Araw The Phynx
42 Cover for I See a Darkness 2007 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy I See a Darkness
68 Cover for People EP 2007 Animal Collective People EP
96 Cover for Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn 2007 CocoRosie Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
28 2007-03-20 Panda Bear Person Pitch
95 2007-04-09 CocoRosie The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
97 Cover for Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn 2007-04-10 CocoRosie Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn
6 2007-04-23 Feist The Reminder
91 2007-09-03 Animal Collective Strawberry Jam
7 Cover for Adrian Orange & Her Band 2007-09-11 Adrian Orange & Her Band Adrian Orange & Her Band
57 2007-09-18 Akron/Family Love Is Simple
49 Cover for Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon 2007-09-24 Devendra Banhart Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
31 2007-11-07 Ruby Throat The Ventriloquist
72 Cover for Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (Singles And Demos 1964 To 1967) 2007-11-13 Vashti Bunyan Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (Singles And Demos 1964 To 1967)
4 2008 Pocahaunted Peyote Road
12 2008 Pocahaunted Chains
22 2008 Coconot Cosa Astral
64 2008 J. Tillman Cancer And Delirium
63 2008-09-09 Megapuss Surfing
66 Cover for Entanglements 2008-09-09 Parenthetical Girls Entanglements
15 2008-11-10 CALLmeKAT Fall Down
14 2009-04-21 Sister Suvi Now I Am Champion
77 2009-05-22 Grizzly Bear Veckatimest
98 2009-06-08 Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca
41 Cover for Monster Head Room 2009-06 Ganglians Monster Head Room
44 2009-10-03 Thee Oh Sees Dog Poison
88 Cover for Gorilla Manor 2009-11-02 Local Natives Gorilla Manor
89 Cover for I Can Talk 2009-11-20 Two Door Cinema Club I Can Talk
94 2010-04-30 CocoRosie Grey Oceans
46 Cover for Sister Kinderhook 2010-06-15 Rasputina Sister Kinderhook
92 Cover for w h o k i l l 2011-04-18 tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l
16 2011-05-30 Orion Rigel Dommisse Chickens
34 Cover for 2012 2012-04-24 mukimukimanmansu 2012
48 Cover for Bend Beyond 2012-09-18 Woods Bend Beyond
10 2013-01-28 Local Natives Hummingbird
84 2013-02-20 Nicole Dollanganger Ode to Dawn Wiener: Embarrassing Love Songs
45 2014-02-18 Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire for No Witness
85 Cover for Nikki Nack 2014-05-05 tUnE-yArDs Nikki Nack
37 Cover for Viator 2015 Jack Stauber Viator
51 Cover for El Viaje A Ninguna Parte 2015 Enrique Bunbury El Viaje A Ninguna Parte
81 Cover for Prospect Hummer EP 2015 Animal Collective Prospect Hummer EP
35 Cover for Myths 003 2015-09-25 Dungen Myths 003
53 Cover for City Sun Eater In The River Of Light 2016 Woods City Sun Eater In The River Of Light
30 Cover for The Unborn Capitalist From Limbo 2016-11-11 Cory Hanson The Unborn Capitalist From Limbo
69 Cover for Peasant 2017-06-02 Richard Dawson Peasant
26 Cover for Pantheon of Me 2017-09-09 SPELLLING Pantheon of Me
8 Cover for Above the Trees 2017-11-21 Nadia Schilling Above the Trees
24 Cover for Pipe Dream 2019-10-22 Apes of the State Pipe Dream
32 Cover for Brillo 2020-07-17 Simón Campusano Brillo
33 Cover for The World As We Know It 2020-07-30 Figueroa The World As We Know It
20 Cover for Spirit They're Gone Spirit They've Vanished 2023-05-12 Animal Collective Spirit They're Gone Spirit They've Vanished