Chasing the sun

"There are times when they sound a little too pleasantly cheerful, as on River Winding Down, about flooding and climate change, and they could do with less songs about travelling and exile and more like the thoughtful Fallout, which deals with Canada's uranium industry and Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster. But they are an impressive trio and deserve to be as well-known here as in Canada. They sound perfect for summer festivals".

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"Extensive touring can (...) tire a band out, but The Sweet Lowdown appear to have energised, as here they're brimming over with confident creativity. Featuring the kind of concise, dynamic arrangements that only come from prolonged experience of performing to audiences, Blied's guitar, Bremer's banjo and Sonstenes' fiddle interact beautifully ... There's an unassuming strength in their writing, and it's easy to envisage an appeal beyond the aficionado bluegrass and old-time country music audiences ... Sonstenes' title track is the kind of lyrical fiddle tune that Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas shift truckloads of Transatlantic Sessions DVDs with, while Blied's "You Can Find The North" possess the kind of melodic hooks that Kacey Musgraves and her Nashville chums would gladly give their rhinestoned buckskin mini-skirts for. The celebrated vocal harmonies (...) are showcased in all their unaccompanied glory on "Leaving"".