Album Review: The Cave Singers—‘Welcome Joy’

Welcome Joy, from this Seattle (country-ish) folk-rock threesome has a homespun back-porch atmosphere, spliced with a Creedence Clearwater-a-like skiffle feel, with track two starting the album’s gentle crank-up. Like it was made under the stars rather than in the studio, the hickory can be heard crackling on the camp fire throughout, especially on tracks like ‘Shrine’ and ‘Beach House’. Peter Quirk’s finely gravelled voice, echoing Arlo Guthrie’s own, sits atop hillbilly banjo and simplistic percussion, while Lightning Dust linnets Amber and Ashley Webber lift the occasionally samey arrangements with flawless female vocals.

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