Arts & Culture

Oxford’s fairy tale folk act continue to trickle out material from their much-anticipated new album.

This latest offering is a further development of their sound, adopting a rolling beat and staccato vocals that evoke thoughts of work-gang singalongs in the deep south and provide an atmosphere in the same neighbourhood as a Tom Waites record. The b-side is a crackingly atmospheric live recording of The Boxer from their last album. The hissing rain that can be heard in the background ends up adding a whole new dynamic and atmosphere to the recording. Beautiful stuff indeed, and as always with this band, it is the vocal interplay and three part harmonies that add the cherry to the top of the cake.