Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente - The Morning Tempest (2018)

The Morning Tempest, the debut album from Josie Duncan and Pablo Lafuente follows on from their 2016 EP, Half Of What You See. Arising, as is increasingly the case these days, from out of a successful crowdfunding campaign, it serves to illustrate the enormous amount of interest in this duo at the moment

There s a wonderful lightness of touch all over this album. Lafuente s playing style carries traces of his native Spain in its delicacy, whilst Duncan has a voice of pure clarity, tipped with that softly rolling Lewis accent. The live-recorded Uamh An O r ( Cave Of Gold ), illustrates just how well Lafuente s sensitive, fluid guitar supports the gentle strength of Duncan s vocal. There s a subtle interplay of the other band members and guest artists across the remaining tracks as they deliver admirably well-judged and uncluttered support: all the parts kept crisply audible in the production.