Led by the euphoric lead single "All?I Got Is You", "Take?A Bite" combines popsong craft with stomping, four to the floor backing, demonstrating theNewcastle-based sextet's commerciality and ambition, as well as their abilityto tackle personal lyrical fare, deftly led by vocalist Ruth Patterson.Further adorning their naturally expressive take on British folk with sizeabledollops of rock'n'soul, sharp indie-rock, vulnerable balladeering andfestival-ready psychedelic trips towards the Middle East, "Take?A Bite" setsits stall confidently in the previously unoccupied space between the Gossip,Arctic Monkeys, the B52s and Gogol Bordello. Working once again with producer Matt Terry?(The?Prodigy/The Enemy), the band- completed by Conrad Bird on vocals/guitar/trumpet, Rosie Bristow onaccordion, Nick Tyler on electric guitar, Jamie Shields on bass and TommyEvans on drums/backing vocals - created "Take?A Bite" at VADA Studios inWarwickshire, where the band recorded their 2017 album "Salem" and theirbreakthrough track "Cold?Comfort Lane" (which?a year later featured in the endcredits of 2018 summer blockbuster movie, Oceans 8). And while the violin and the accordion remain, the whole thing feels rawernow. Riff-heavy, even. With melodic choruses more in the vein of Americanrockers such as The Black Keys and Jack White, than the tweed and waistcoatsof traditional UK folk. "Take?A Bite" reflects the diverse tastes of a band,comprised of six friends with six individual music tastes, who come togetherto make a sound greater than the sum of its parts.
