Sproatly Smith has been played on NTS in shows including The Early Bird Show w/ Spirit Blue, featured first on 9 March 2022. Songs played include Galloping Backwards.

Sproatly Smith is a British psychedelic folk band from Herefordshire led by guitarists Ian Smith and Matt King.

Their debut 2009 album "‘The Yew And The Hare" has a pastoral folk feel, with a psychedelic edge. Influenced by ‘The Wicker Man' film, and using samples, field recordings, acoustic instruments and general oddness to produce a cohesive, dreamy, playful folk soundscape.