(2015) Keston Cobblers Club - Wildfire


Review:
Named after an 18th-century violinist cobbler who got everybody dancing, the time-served Kent folkies have found a major deal and high-profile champions ranging from DJs to a high-fashion house, who used their music on an advert.
Their poppiest album marks what they call an “evolution” from previous, more rootsy efforts. Thus, sibling singers Matt and Julia Lowe have Of Monsters and Men-type shouty harmonies; there’s Mumford-type rambunctious folk and Stornoway’s joyous elemental pop. The big-drummed Contrails finds Julia hooting like an owl, and they’re the latest band to have their photographs taken in a magical-looking forest. If there is a distinctive element, it’s the almost Europop synths and polished pop production. The haunting Sober detours from the default mode of nice and cheery, the darker subject matter suggested in the title. The brass-laden St Tropez and catchy title track both make good stabs at becoming hits, although they may not have enough to stand out in an overcrowded market
Rating 8.0/10


015) Keston Cobblers Club - Wildfire


Review:
Named after an 18th-century violinist cobbler who got everybody dancing, the time-served Kent folkies have found a major deal and high-profile champions ranging from DJs to a high-fashion house, who used their music on an advert.
Their poppiest album marks what they call an “evolution” from previous, more rootsy efforts. Thus, sibling singers Matt and Julia Lowe have Of Monsters and Men-type shouty harmonies; there’s Mumford-type rambunctious folk and Stornoway’s joyous elemental pop. The big-drummed Contrails finds Julia hooting like an owl, and they’re the latest band to have their photographs taken in a magical-looking forest. If there is a distinctive element, it’s the almost Europop synths and polished pop production. The haunting Sober detours from the default mode of nice and cheery, the darker subject matter suggested in the title. The brass-laden St Tropez and catchy title track both make good stabs at becoming hits, although they may not have enough to stand out in an overcrowded market
Rating 8.0/10





Tracklist:
01-Laws
02-Win Again
03-Won't Look Back
04-Contrails
05-Wildfire
06-St Tropez
07-Half Full
08-Once Had
09-Longer Than Gone
10-Of Alarms
11-Sober
12-The Mad


Summary:
Country:UK
Genre:Indie-Folk


Media Report:
Source : CD
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : ~720-917 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits