Ferris & Sylvester – I Should Be On A Train EP 
Release Date: Out Now
Few artists have used 2020 better
and more instinctively than the dynamic duo of Ferris & Sylvester and the
results of this time well spent is their new five track EP ‘I Should Be On a
Train’. The collection opens with the title track and those woozy, intimate vocals
softly wafting out atop some lazily plucked guitar notes before the song grows
and smoulders into an unstoppable blues-soul slow stomp. ‘Knock You Down’
starts with a 60s inspired melody that feels more like the summer of love than
the year of the pandemic, but this isn’t stale or rehashed, no, this feels
fresh and essential.
‘Everyone is Home’ is the most
overtly Covid themed song and, I suspect, will transport people back to those
halcyon days of waking up to Joe Wicks and clapping for the NHS when they hear
it but for me it’s a comfort blanket of a song that speaks of empathy and
understanding. And it’s a beautiful one at that. On ‘Good Man’, Ferris &
Sylvester embrace their burgeoning penchant for psyche-rock which finds the duo
building from a distant rumble to an almighty roar with rock’n’roll swagger and
bluesy roots. The experience is rounded off with a genuinely beautiful version
of the Beatles classic ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ which not only
shows off both voices wonderfully but is primed for an end of year ‘we made it’
montage when the BBC shuts down for 2020. Like I said, this is the way to laugh
in the face of a pandemic and do it with style so let’s all try to be a little
more Ferris & Sylvester, shall we?
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