Featuring two of the finest solo talents to come out of Scotland in recent years, the Rick Redbeard & Adam Stafford collaboration aims to please: split single featuring four wholly enveloping and masterful tracks.
Both are known for their previous work, Stafford as a member of Y’all Fantasy Island and two solo albums, and Redbeard as the front man of alternative folk/rock master The Phantom Band.
Influences of the latter echo strongly through Redbeard’s first number, the charming “Now We’re Dancing,” a simplistically beautiful song patterned with tinkling percussion. His talent for persuasive storytelling comes to fore in “All My Love,” a traditionally tinged, slowly progressive track.
Experimentalist Adam Stafford’s “Vanishing Tanks” is rhythmic and addictive, it begs a sing along, while “Russian Glass” is simply mesmerising.
Out on DIY Edinburgh label Gerry Loves Records, handmade record sleeves adorn the loving produced limited edition 7” vinyl, with download.
