Bored of the new Mumford album already? Give this a go. The former Idlewild singer's second solo album is a lovely little folk treasure. Like Frank Turner, Woomble turned his back on hard rockin for life of soft strums. He put down the electric guitar an picked up a banjo. Hurrah for that.
Womble's plaintive bit sincere semi spoken vocals remain but while for me he always sounded a little contrived against Idlewild's alt rock, their perfectly suited against these gentle folk melodies.
He's backed to good effect by the gorgeous vocals of Jill O'Sullivan on particularly good effect on the Singalong 'Work Like You Can' and the beautiful 'Tangled Wires'. She makes a smooth foil for Womble.
Standouts for me are 'Roll Along' that with the addition of a rolling brass section has more than a hint of Dexy's about it, 'Leaving Without Gold' which is the closest sounding to an Idlewild tracks and the sweetly gentle 'Make Something out of What its Worth'
THE IMPOSSIBLE SONG & OTHER SONGS warm and sincere, it's Celtic folk with plenty of dreamy soul. Twelve well crafted songs and delivered in unfussy fashion.
LEAVING WITHOUT GOLD
ROLL ALONG
WORK LIKE YOU CAN
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