Debut 5-tracker from Dunfermline's finest and the first thing you have to say is that the recording quality and production are top notch, with everything as clear as a bell. The EP opens with “Denise Fontaine”, immediately a raw but powerful Draymin-esque vocal delivering the lyric with strength as the band provide a backing that's more restrained than you might have thought, and that's why it works so well, as most bands would have fired up and gone hell for leather, but this lot use chiming guitars, ringing leads, sprightly drums and deep bass not to mention exquisite vocal harmonies, on a track which, while not in possession of an obvious hook, nevertheless holds you captive in its spell. There's a kind of chorus which, when allied to the stuttering spiralling high-pitched lead guitar refrain and the galloping rhythm section, really has you hooked. There's a kind of rawness to its beauty, as two sides of the musical fence are visited with seemingly effortless ease and engaging energy. “Do You Remember Mono?” opens with a more textural, full-sounding vocal as a faster, galloping rhythm sets up from the drums, a soaring guitar figure flying overhead in the distance. Then the vocals revert to the solid, strident, gruff quality as the chorus flies into life. The drums are joined by lilting bass and choppy high-flying guitar as the next verse provides a mix of Draymin and Terry & The Pirates (old USA West Coast band featuring guitar legend John Cipollina) as this almost Americana-meets-Scottish indie mix proves thoroughly entrancing, the dynamics between verses and choruses given extra kudos by virtue of a glorious mid-song guitar break that's just gorgeous. Finally, the singing guitar flies over the strong vocal as the song soars towards a solid end. “Lone Rider” is pure Terry & The Pirates (OK, obscure comparison I know, but just go check them out and you'll see what I mean) as a slice of undoubted West Coast Americana is reinvented with restrained chiming guitars, rhythms that range from mid-paced to driving and another soaring, emotive vocal delivery that gets stronger as the track wears on. It's all so fresh sounding and probably the nearest any Scottish band has ever got to an American “'70's West Coast” audience, who'd lap this up by the truckload. Then, as if to show that they're much more than that, they come up with “Can't Stop, Won't Stop”, which is more of a highly charged ballad than anything, with another impassioned, vocal full of strength and angst, charts a course over a band that starts restrained with deep bass, slowly rolling drums, crisp cymbal use and chiming guitars, before the anthemic vocals crash into the chorus and the track lifts off, only to drop back again, but this time with more strength from the guitar work. It all then rises once more, the vocal becoming ever more pleading before the hooks takes off once again and the band ultimately drop back for a touching final vocal to see the song out. Finally, there's “Diego”, a story-telling lyric in a song that's full of chiming guitars and rolling rhythms over the raw, solid, powerful vocal as the spellbinding verse leads into the high-flying chorus, stuttering, staccato guitars breaking through with power before dropping back to the chiming backing as the next verse comes along. It's a tale told with passion and conviction as another gem of a track unfolds. Overall, as they say, something completely different, but emotive, full of dynamic fire, gloriously played and produced with a distinctive-voiced singer paving the way.