Maurice Hope – September 12, 2016 at 05:44PM
Tags:_AMERICANA
UK country trio, Orfila bring a fresh, good to be alive feel to the music scene. Greatly influenced by Nashville’s current crop of country acts as in The Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum, The Band Perry and Little Big Town siblings Abi, Louise (vocals, backing vocals and in the case of Abi, piano too) and Matt (acoustic, electric, Nashville Tuned, resonator guitar, backing vocals) between them wrote all the lyrics. On this the groups second album.
Recorded in Black Dog and Yogurt Farm Studios in East Grinstead and London respectively, and Nashville, Tennessee the album has a bunch of talented players and producer (Sean Genockey) throw their weight behind on par with much currently coming out of Music City. On the other hand there is so many acts of the ilk currently coming through today with great potential that there is bound to be casualties even this side of the pond. As you have the likes of Ward Thomas, Red Sky, Callaghan and others emerge boasting wonderful talent.
Orfila become a little type-cast as they pursue the goal set by their peers, but in the likes of the brilliant up tempo “Second Wind” and delicate love ballad “When You Look At Me” (peppered with pedal steel; from either Melvin Duffy or BJ. Cole who both play on the record) plus the fiddle warmed “Floor It” as a call for urgency takes hold. Added to the superb fiddle from Jessie May Smart (Steeleye Span) you have yet more fine pedal steel and harmony vocals. Slow, measured ballad “Just Somethin’ likewise has a elegant feel to it.
Maurice Hope
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