Agincourt

The Profile

Agincourt was a British folk-psych studio project by Peter Howell and John Ferdinando, with vocals by Lee Menelaus. Their privately pressed album Fly Away (1970) blends soft psychedelia, folk-pop, and early progressive elements.

Formed by Peter Howell and John Ferdinando in Sussex, England; recorded and privately pressed material around 1970; the album Fly Away features Lee Menelaus’s vocals and mixes soft psychedelia with folk-pop and proto–dream pop textures.

The review celebrates Agincourt’s privately pressed 1970 album Fly Away, a pastoral blend of soft psychedelia, folk-pop, and embryonic dream-pop. It highlights the duo Peter Howell and John Ferdinando, with Lee Menelaus’s distinctive vocals, and situates the record within England’s post-’68 music ferment. The piece praises the album’s intimate production and evocative songwriting.