Great Days Of Sail are one of those rare wonders: unpretentious, hugely talented, and right at the start of what looks set to be a blossoming career. The EP is a pared down blues/country combo, fusing melancholic and surreal lyrics with jaunty guitars.
The close harmonising barbershop backing on ‘Mary Magdalen’s Barbershop Blues No.2’ will have you stropping your razor on your boot in time to the beat and searching on the net for your local barbershop group. I recommend www.harmonize.com/bbshop which even has a link to a Nordic barbershop group, thereby catering for barbershopophiles in all regions of the world.
Every track on this EP could stand up as an A-side on its own. Even the sombre-edged homage to nudity ‘Then From The Ground’ is ridiculously catchy. Now I just need to stop singing it in the queue at the supermarket. I wish the checkout staff would join in, but they just give me funny looks…
Great Days Of Sail are one of those rare wonders: unpretentious, hugely talented, and right at the start of what looks set to be a blossoming career. The EP is a pared down blues/country combo, fusing melancholic and surreal lyrics with jaunty guitars.
