We’ve been a fan of Waterford lad Deaf Joe’s minimal, lo-fi alt. folk for quite a while now, but nothing we’ve heard so far has sounded quite as lovely as the aptly-named ‘The Softest Touch’. Delicate, powerful and laden with otherworldly quirk, it’s as addictive as it is experimental. A glorious six-track EP of the same name is available to download from [link]www.deafjoe.com[/link]. Spare no horses.