Watch: SLOW CLUB 'Trophy Room' music video

Slow Club
Simplicity is something Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor clearly aren’t afraid of: the backbone of their debut album is a range of uncomplicated ideas executed brilliantly and brazenly by a band of two. A layer of witty and often nonsensical lyrics, and improvised percussive embellishments add the differentiation. Lo and behold, Yeah So is immediately more than one could expect given its authors’ unhelpful Nu-Folk tag.

Slow Club landed themselves the generic millstone through associations with the likes of Laura Marling and Tilly and the Wall, but the variety on offer here spans rockabilly on It Doesn’t Have To Be Beautiful, garage during Giving Up On Love and even a bit of shoegaze with the aptly titled I Was Unconscious, So It Was A Dream.

Watson displays an adaptable attitude to his guitar, and so while Come On Youth is tremulous and climatic, the gentle picking on Trophy Room is evocative of the late summer scene mentioned in its lyrics. – BBC

Slow Club are a delightful folk-pop duo from Sheffield, England. Singer-guitarist Charles Watson claims to be "heavily influenced by Leonard Cohen (the later years)," while singer-guitarist/percussionist Rebecca Taylor, in turn, proudly declares that she's "heavily influenced by Rod Stewart (all the years)." Slow Club's music on their debut album, Yeah So (Moshi Moshi), is considerably closer to Cohen's than Rod the Mod's, with Watson plucking somber acoustic chords while he and Taylor exchange gently witty sentiments like "Sorry About the Doom" and "There Is No Good Way to Say I'm Leaving You." There's an engaging air of romantic mystery on the aptly titled hazy reverie "I Was Unconscious, It Was a Dream," as they sing, "I'll let you say I love you/When I know I'll never say it back/And you open up the floodgates/And wipe the village clean off the map." Slow Club aren't always slow, picking up their heels on the rootsy, up-tempo romp "It Doesn't Have to Be Beautiful," and they're too restlessly clever and playful to be obediently faithful folk revivalists. Don't miss 'em. - Falling James, LA Weekly