Promised Land Sound and Gun Outfit have are getting lots of love from the UK press lately, including the following reviews and features from the fine folks at Uncut, MOJO, and Shindig.

Buy the magazines to read more, and to check out Promised Land Sound’s “She Takes Me There” on the Uncut covermount CD.

 

 

 

Promised Land Sound

4/5 stars. Redolent of a summer road trip from the hazy Memphis of Big Star and Jesse Winchester to the shining Los Angeles of Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever, For Use and Delight is by turns plaintive and rocking, a wistful rhythmic journey into a band’s true beating heart … One of my LPs of the year.

– Andrew Male, MOJO

8/10. Promised Land Sound approach their folk-rock source material with both wide-eyed wonder and deep understanding. Lead guitarist Sean Thompson displays precocious virtuosity, spinning out bent-note filigrees that recall the work of his legendary namesake. Joe Scala summons a strident quaver, evoking Dylan and McGuinn amid lysergic guitar splendor, suggesting this throwback band has a bright future. 

– Bud Scoppa, Uncut

The Young Nashville band have quietly established themselves as folk-rock revivalists par excellence over the past couple of years, artful connoisseurs of jangle and twang. “She Takes Me There” reveals a group of ever-expanding potential, though, recalling  as it does mid-’70s Fleetwood Mac at their most exquisitely hazy. 

– Uncut

4/5 stars. Picks up where their debut self-titled album left off, taking the cosmic Americana of The Byrds, Burritos, and Band and adding light touches of psych and dreamy melodies to create a sound which burns brightly. Gorgeous. PLS transcend their influences and stand on their own as major contenders.

– Paul Osborne, Shindig!

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Other ways to purchase this release:  iTunes  |  Amazon  |  Bandcamp

Gun Outfit

8/10. Peyote for the ears… Expansive, arid, and dusty. Darkness and trippiness coexist with the West Coast sun. Key is that cinematic, slight dreamy quality combined with the desert sun. Lo-fi and understated, the twin vocals of Dylan Sharp and Carrie Keith are also strong throughout. 

– Marcus O’Dair, Uncut

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