Erland and the Carnival

Pinching songs made famous by The Dubliners (‘Tramps And Hawkers’) and Jackson C. Frank (‘My Name Is Carnival’) might sound like a pointless affair. But this band add healthy lashings of The Doors’s keyboard-led psych-outs. Plus, there’s a trippy, heady vibe to what is an engaging collection of 13 tracks. Best of all, the tunes are mostly up-tempo, there are only a few covers and the LP doesn’t fall into the all too common nu-folk trap of becoming a downbeat exercise in shoe gazing. Don’t be too surprised if this LP inspires indie kids to build their own wickerman in their back gardens!