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'Now c'mon, you know better that that' I said to myself, so it kept on playing, and I disliked "Pilgrim Song" a little less, especially as the mandolin playing is superb. "Easy Way Out" threw me back to dislike mode, though, then along came the closing track "R Song" (a clever title if it wasn’t so obvious), and my loathing drained away, as this dark lament about a couple, with the devil doing his fiendish best to rip them apart (I think), has a black charm, and more than a sniff of folk noir about it. And on playing the whole five-song EP again I have to admit to not disliking any of it that much after all. It is, at the very least, disarmingly honest. Let me be honest too - I really should have known what to expect from a band called Water Tower Bucket Boys, shouldn't I? At least the banjo playing was kept in check, and like the rest of the instruments used by these young, but fairly seasoned professionals, it all fitted the songs pretty well. All in all not for me (except that final number), but it could be just what you’re looking for.
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