Woodenbox are a curious beast; this Scottish alt-folk sextet make music that sounds wonderfully vintage without that horrid “retro” tag—which means you’re basically about to listen to something your Dad would’ve bopped to in the ’60s (nothing wrong with ’60s music by the way, but I take it those reading will understand what I mean.) Woodenbox have the perfect balance of sing-a-long loveliness with a nod to times of old.
This is the first official single taken from their forthcoming second album End Game. They’ve already released the free track “Roll For Me” (which was accompanied by a video) and a lovely video for “Asphyxiation,” yet curiously there’s no video for this official single, which is a shame because we’ve very much enjoyed their visual output so far.
Enough waffling though, back to “Courage!” This is grand, beautiful, and catchy; the layers of instrumentation that lilt gracefully under Ali Downer’s vocals are just wonderful.
They cite Scott Walker and The Felice Brothers as their influences, but they take these and add a little zest and oomph. Woodenbox write gorgeous, meaningful songs for a new generation of real music lovers—perfect.
