SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: BANDITS ON THE RUN – ROUGH MAGIC

BANDITS ON THE RUN 
ROUGH MAGIC
INDEPENDENT

It is almost 10 years that the trio of Adrian Blake Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd, and Regina Strayhorn, known to those that have already caught up with them as Bandits on the Run, have been operating, with a slew of independent releases.

Judging by the sound of those the New York trio should have already made quite a name for themselves, and maybe Rough Magic, will do that for them.

Not only is their take on the folk pop/rock combination one of the more inventive at the moment, but their concept of rotating lead vocals and rotating instruments is not a gimmick but serves the full purpose of their music and has both sense and purpose.

You can hear vast musical knowledge oozing out of every cord or vocal harmony here – all known but not recognizable at the same time, making it just the exact combination needed for this kind of music. Nothing rough here, but a lot of magic.

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