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Hailed as part of a new wave of bands making folk-rock cool again, The Eighteenth Day Of May, a five-piece from London, release their latest single from last year's eponymous debut album.
As their media hype emphasises, they sound like Fairport Convention circa Liege and Lief. Cold Early Morning has something of Fairport signature tune Matty Groves about it; especially the lilting vocals of Alison Brice, which faithfully follow the Sandy Denny blueprint. We have jangly guitars chiming in harmony with the obligatory fiddle, producing a beautifully nostalgic effect and a strange need to grow a long beard and grasp a flagon of foaming ale.
The song writing on show here, however, lacks originality, and clearly doesn't match Fairport. Neither does it match The Cranberries, whose quest to reinvent folk-rock for the contemporary mainstream they continue. But this is generally hugely promising, and they sound like they may bring down many a house with their live show. Rustic music is on its way back, friends.
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