Album Review: The Gin Club - Southern Lights

They might be described as folk rock, but there’s way too much happening above and below the surface for The Gin Club to be categorised so easily, from stripped-back to soaring organs, the odd driving horn section to perfect harmonies.

A song needs a solid foundation to support this many layers, and everything here is more than up to that challenge. The Gin Club also prove that a lush and full sound can still rock. Even cranking the volume, it’s impossible to smother the irresistible melodies and infectious hooks at the heart of these songs.