The Wynntown Marshals - Westerner | 2010

Genre: Alt-Country Rock, Americana
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 49:29 min | 110 MB

I get a real buzz when I get to listen to British band who've soaked up the influences of American roots music and formed into something that maintains that vibe but with a distinct UK side too.

"Westerner" is the debut album from The Wynntown Marshals. The first listen got me hooked into this one, given the style and the bands origin.

Formed in Edinburgh in 2007, it's hard not to draw comparisons and this is another great album of Scottish Americana right up there with the excellent "Buffalo Mansions" by Southpaw and "Attraction Versus Love" - Endrick Brothers.
"Westerner" is a wonderful set of guitar-rich, melodic numbers, blended with steel and keys to create a superb debut.

Ten originals and a stellar cover of L.A. Guns' "Ballad of Jayne" - released as a single and getting radio play and plaudits from Bob Harris, - the band have honed their skills playing support slots for Jason and the Scorchers, Chuck Prophet and Richmond Fontaine and pulled in an experienced hand to handle production - Graham Deas, who's previously worked for both KT Tunstall and Super Furry Animals.

Keith Benzie (lead vocals / guitar / harmonica) is the band's main songwriter and his words are brought to life by Keith Jones (drums, vocals, percussion), Iain Sloan (pedal steel, guitars, vocals), Iain Barbour (lead and baritone guitars), Murdo MacLeod (bass, vocals), with additional vocals from Leigh Benzie and keys by Ali Petrie.
There are plenty of highlights on the album - whether it's the opener which eases you in and sets the mood just right with a classic mid-tempo country-rock sound ("You Can Have My Heart"); "Snowflake" - a contemplative number inspired by the world?s only albino gorilla; the biographical song "Gil" about American pin-up artist Gil Elvgren; or the cover ("Ballad of Jayne"), which is already a firm favourite.
The band are equally confident with the album's darker moments ("Divine Compassion") as they are with tracks like the pedal steel-laden shuffle "Nelly" or the instrumental "el Prado".
A real sum of its parts this one - solid from start-to-finish - essential listening. - Beat Surrender ?

Tracklist:

01. You Can Have My Heart (5:05)
02. Ballad Of Jayne (5:19)
03. Snowflake (2:57)
04. Thunder In The Valley (6:52)
05. El Prado (2:35)
06. 48 Hours (3:33)
07. Gil (7:18)
08. All That I Want (6:01)
09. Nelly (2:14)
10. Divine Compassion (4:19)
11. Two's Company (3:16)

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