Cargo

Sofa Surfers don't herald influences as such. Instead, their music offers tantalising and spectreal whispers, a ghost of reggae here, a memory of Northern Arabic melody there, and just when you've realised what you're listening to, it's gone, replaced by something else untraceable.

This is far from an easy ride. The sparseness of tracks like 'Latal In Tampere' sound like the post-industrial accompaniment to an Eduoard Keinholtz exhibition, bleak and unsettling.

The choice of 'Beans And Rice' for single release is dubious since tracks such as 'The Low Rider' and 'If It Were Not For You' are much more accessible. Cargo hints at potential, but doesn't really deliver.