Okay, an admission here before we go any further: when I see EPs by a new band I generally tend to give them cursory attention at best. Not because of any distrust of the music contained therein, but more because there are so many releases out there that I normally decide to wait for the album. Just occasionally, however, one does appear which demands one’s attention because there is something special there. Such is the case with this four-track offering from London outfit Stone Thieves. One look at the band, or perusal of their PR blurb, is likely to pigeonhole them in your mind as one of the many, many blues-rock / ‘Americana’ sort of bands on the circuit at the moment, but while there are elements of that for sure, there is something more going on as the Thieves demonstrate their versatility here.
