Soon it Will Come Time to Face the World Outside

Cork’s Boa Morte have forged an interesting musical link with Glasgow – the thriving city of a thousand independent bands and esteemed cottage labels. Glaswegian band Teenage Fanclub were so enamoured with Boa Morte’s demos that Francis McDonald found them a suitable home for their recordings on his own self-styled award winning imprint Shoeshine Records.

Soon It Will Come Time To Face The World Outside is a gentle, soothing song cycle of enriching melancholia, deeply reflective yet never devoid of hope. Paul Ruxton and Cormac Gahan's vocal interplay is rich in quirky emotions and inflections, enveloping the listener into the Boa Morte inner sanctum of warm sounds. ‘Tonight She Said’ is a jauntily narrated dysfunctional waltz, supplemented by a subtle string arrangement and sparse and individual effects.

My favourite jewels in this firnament are ‘Burn’ and ‘North Star’, the most engaging and sonically adventurous moments to be found amidst these twelve lovingly crafted tunes.