Rose in June

"While 2009's Songs from the Floodplain and 2017's Afterglow mined dark themes of post-oil and ecologically driven social collapse, Rose in June takes a step away from apocalypse for an energetic mix of traditional songs, including the epic title-track (...), as well as typically dramatic accounts of 'Rigs of the Time' and 'Seven Bonnie Gypsies'. There's several fine tunes, too, including the Glam-rock-meets-trad of 'Leviathan', and two fine covers, one from Ewan MacColl and the other Kate Bush's 'Hounds of Love'. With a road-hardened ten-strong Remnant Kings having already played these new songs on many a stage, there's a palpable electricity and intuitive group dynamics lifting these performances ... There's a few tracks here, including 'Beating the Bounds', that already sound like 21st century folk rock classics".