Southbound Attic Band
Album: Our Day In The Sun
Label: Self Released
Tracks: 12
Website: http://www.southboundatticband.com

It's a bit late with this review, played a couple of songs on my "Along The Tracks" radio show, put the cd back in the wrong pile and the review went out of the window, so this one is a little late, but definitely worth the effort.

"Our Day In The Sun" is the fourth album from the Liverpool based duo that are the Southbound Attic Band and it has to be said that that city, it's people and its environs provide a lot of the inspiration for the twelve original tracks that make up the album.

Many of the songs are honed by the gigging the local area, which gives the band members of the band, Barry Jones and Ronnie Clark, plenty of chance to gauge reaction, something that's particularly important with the songs that are a bit more tongue in cheek. There are some seriously unfunny 'humorous' songs out there, any one that has sat in a folk club listening to 'the next Jake Thakray' knows exactly what I mean, but there are some genuinely witty moments on here.

A lot of the songs are observational in nature and telling a complete story in less than five minutes is never easy, to do so and still have an interesting song that stands as a universal piece is no mean feat and Southbound Attic Band nail it way, way more than the miss.

Some of the language is a little fruity, but that's the nature of the beast. The delivery comes between, blues, Americana and folk, but when all is said and done "Our Day In The Sun" is a good honest album that's well performed and never tries to be anything it isn't

Neil King