The Cut Purse Rascals - Heavitree EP
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| The Cut Purse Rascals - Heavitree EP |
Release Date: 26th January 2014
Busses. Sodding busses. You wait
for hours then two come along and they're both full. A bit like talented bands
from Devon, then. Following on from the lovely Jess McAllister earlier this
week, I have now been contacted by the delightful Exeter quintet The Cut Purse
Rascals in advance of their EP launch gig on Sunday of this week. Opening track
'Heavitree' (relating to an area of Exeter, not weighty timber) is a poppy,
upbeat number with a bouncy bass line and a folkish tinge to the strummed
guitars. There is a much more country tone to 'The Wrestler' with some
beautiful guitar work and a perfect drawl to the vocals which would be more at
home in the deep south. '100 Faces' has a nice strummed, Americana laced vibe
to it but I think this would probably be the point in the live set when I went
to the bar. There is an almost mariachi feel to 'Jimmy' with its forlorn Piano
riff and gently undulating rhythms that are hard to resist after a glass of red
wine. There's a track at the end of this EP that I think is called 'WW' but I
can't be sure. Either way, it's a beautifully swooning country ballad full of sumptuous
guitars that the likes of Midlake and The Band would be lucky to have. This
isn't music that will make your heart beat faster or jump out of your chest but
it might just make your heart melt in to your cuban heeled boots.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/CutPurseRascals?fref=ts
Live Dates:
26th January - EP Launch @ The Bikeshed Theatre, Exeter w/
Alex Kumar