"Featuring Harvard-educated, Boston-based singer-guitarist David Wax and Suz Slezak on fiddle and quijada (the donkey's jawbone favoured by Afro-Peruvian musicians), plus percussion, accordeon, brass and bits and bobs of field recordings, they create a heady mix of folk and pop which they describe as Mexo-Americana and is a lot less ethno-muso and a lot more fun than all that makes it sound. Wax sings in a light tone, a bit like Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, but minus the self-consciousness. An attractive affair all round then, and one whose melodies worm their way further into my consciousness with each play ... Good news then that they'll be coming over this summer to play Womad".
