Johannes

"Kentish folk stalwarts Cocos Lovers' (...) album, Johannes, captures all the beauty of their live singing. From the beginning of "Time To Stand", the clear-toned guitars, flickering mandolin and chorus vocals are filled with British tradition. At the same time, other worldwide musical references can be heard in the use of upbeats, hand drums, accordions and operatic vocal cords.A slight lack of variety in sound is made up for with the epic wall that those combined vocals (six or seven singers?) generate. Listening to the bluegrassy banjo on tracks such as "A Beggar's Land", you can hear a century's worth of transatlantic folk developments. And while their sound is nice and rootsy, it isn't out of place in the current British scene because of the indie guitar licks. They also have equivalents in America like Band of Horses, Sean Hayes and Bon Iver".

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