Updated Thursday, 7th January 2021, 7:20 pm The neo-folk music of Stephen McAll and his band, Constant Follower, is intimate, unvarnished. Its raw inner beauty casts a deeply affecting spell. McAll’s husky murmur and the sensitive accompaniment of bandmates Amy Campbell (synth/vocals), Andrew Pankhurst (guitar) and Kessi Stosch (bass/vocals) is a rare source of comfort, like gently flickering log fire embers on the darkest night of the year. “The process of making music is difficult for me,” says McAll. “I’m constantly fighting against my weaknesses. At the time of writing, the words are coming without any real intention, I don’t sit down to write about a particular thing, I just sing along as I play guitar and words start to form. Maybe that’s part of why people seem to like them, because they’re simple and honest.”