Six tracks from a spry Yorkshire trio, who play a variety of stringed things and items you blow to make great jigs like the title track, which is named seemingly after locks found on a stretch of the Leeds/Liverpool canal in their back yard.
The opening instrumental is light on its feet and has enough heft to spring along for a decent length which makes a great way to open the account. The rest of the EP is a blend of traditional- the best of which is ‘The Shearing’ sung by delicately Katy Ryder, riding a fiddle, guitar and mandolin and contemporary efforts which include Richard T’s ‘Beeswing’ and the defiant miner’s anthem ‘Maerdy :The Last Pit In The Rhondda,’ a great piece of industrial betrayal given powerful voice in an angry setting. The relevance of some songs echo down the years, this is a prime example.
Up and coming gigs mostly seem to be in their neck of the woods, but it’d be great to see them out and about, getting bookings further afield, come on club organisers! An enticing item.
Simon Jones.
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