Candidate has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 15 episodes and was first played on 10 October 2016.

Candidate are a folk-influenced indie band from the UK, comprising brothers Joel and Alex Morris, and Ian Painter; the band previously included drummer Chris White. They released five albums on their own record label, Snowstorm. Their debut album, Taking On The Enemy's Sound, came out in April 2000 and was followed by Tiger Flies in January 2002. Nuada, the band’s third album, was released in October 2002. Inspired by the soundtrack to the film The Wicker Man, this album…