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How do you keep a band interesting after ten years? Its a question Slow Clubs Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor must have asked themselves as they started work on their fourth answer seems to be producer Matthew E. White, the master of Southern-gothic folk, whose in-house band at Richmonds Spacebomb Studios provided the consistency and tone the album required. Almost every track was played live in the studio, allowing the long-established session bands natural chemistry to augment Charles and Rebeccas, with the double advantage of recording being very effective, and also comparatively quick.

One Day. contains some of the best melodies theyve yet created. The duos knack for writing hooks and melody has, if anything, become stronger. There are choruses here you instantly feel youve known your whole life, like Ancient Rolling Seas timeless, reassuring refrain of Ill always be by your side, or Champions Dolly Parton via-Linda Ronstadt anthem of self-celebration through the darkest times. Perhaps best of all are a pair of songs to be found at the top of what traditionalists would call side 2- Rebecca Casanova, a slice of widescreen, four-to-the-floor pop that recalls soft-rock giants Fleetwood Mac in the way it channels heartbreak onto the dancefloor, and Tattoo Of The King, a tale that takes Neil Young and the Doobie Brothers to the disco.