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This is an album from a band with a fire in their belly. That difficult second (well third, if you count the classic first ep) album is really something special.

Petter Ericson Stakee has the benefit of a unique vocal style, closest to Band of Horses, Ben Bridwell. Petter’s guitar work is also sparkling on this record. Terry Wolkers on stomping  bass makes up this reignited duo. 

A Swede and a Londoner both based in the musically fertile district of Brooklyn, New York, they have created a sparse sound that sparks electricity from both the guitars and vocals particularly, during the opening of the album and on the fuzzed out ‘Lay Down’. Some nice drumming on ‘Come on Maker’, just like the album opening ‘Magnolia where the drums underpin the music with ease.

For the recording of Songs of Patience the band found themselves setting up shop in an old, abandoned house near Woodstock, NY during winter but, the recording was actually a long winding road over three more years via New York, Sweden and L.A., the end result could just be their best record as a band yet.

This is an album of ‘ big songs’ until closer ‘Bonfires’, which harks back to the acoustic days of ‘The Thief & The Heartbreaker’. That's an idea, an acoustic version of the first nine songs of the new record would not go amiss before the next album. Songs of Patience is out now; you will be hooked after 2 or 3 listens!

9/11

Pete

Songs of Patience track listing:

1. Magnolia

2. Create Of Gold

3. Lay Down

4. Come on Maker

5. Wasteland

6. Ophelia On My Mind

7. I Believe In Everything

8. Money For The Weekend

9. Life Without Warning

10. Bonfires

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