Album Review: The Staves - Dead And Born And Grown

The Staves aren't trying to shock you – they just want to make simple, beautiful, English folk music. Guided by three-part harmonies and tinged with a dash of West Americana, Dead And Born And Grown is a pleasurable tryst. Lyrically, the record traverses the oft-travelled destinations of love and longing, yet songs such as The Motherlode and Facing West, buoyed by the earnestness of youth, flow like willowy poetry. Bringing together distinguished father and son producers Glyn and Ethan Johns for the first time, the debut LP from the Stavely-Taylor sisters is a family affair.