Quick, quick - Slow Club are the way forward
Slow Club have already got quite a name for themselves in their native Sheffield. Part folk, part indie, part acoustic and part pop, they may just be a boy/ girl two piece, but the sound they create is far bigger, diverse and more impressive than you might initially think.
Kicking off proceedings is the near hymeneal ‘Let’s Fall Back In Love’ with its group vocals and country twang. If there were such thing as a folk hoedown, this would be one of its most defining songs. All joy drenched handclaps, kick drum and beaming grins; it begs for you to don your Stetson, take to the floor and docie-doe along with it. It is their glittering invitation for you to join them, and after hearing it, you are compelled to.
‘Dance To The Morning Light’ takes things down a little with its intricately picked guitar lines and reflective lyrics. Sounding a little like Connor Oberst’s Bright Eye’s in parts, it is a darling of a track. With lines like “Always that some one who’ll be easier on your eyes/So forget the politics of living alone and just dance to the morning light.”, it effortlessly breezes along, often sounding a little on the maudlin side but ironically uplifting with its gentle story telling and sentiment.
Closer ‘Trick Question’ is perhaps the most impressive track on the EP. With singer Rebecca’s sleepy, bonbon vocals sitting alongside melancholic refrains like “You’ll soon be bones buried south of our house” makes for a contemplative and jarring ending. Although sometimes skirting around Kate Nash territory both lyrically and musically, it never quite goes there and perhaps is all the better for it. Being the delicate and fractured ditty it is does not detract from its charm and merely illuminates it further.
It would be easy to say that this comes from the Noah and the Whale group of quirky indie or confuse it with uber trendy Californian stylings of other bands of their ilk, but this is far much more. Delicately woven stories, sugar sweet harmonies and an irresistible take on folky sensibilities; this is a little gem of an EP.