Celebratory and mournful, Lamb's languid phrasing is set to delicately played textures of lap steel, pedal steel, acoustic and electric guitars, augmented by stabs of trumpet and an understated rhythmic pulse.
Although there is a slow-burning cohesion to this, occasionally one is left wishing for full cathartic release.
Yet therein lies the tension.
• Eb & Sparrow. Self-titled. Home Alone/Southbound.
• Three and a half stars (out of five)
Single download: Big Train
For those who like: Gillian Welch, Hobotalk
- Shane Gilchrist
