A four track EP from this Inverness-born singer-songwriter, opening track ‘Time’ is out of place in the current Scottish folky scene
– Hercher has a curious accent, not mid-Atlantic by any means, but certainly not the overplayed and often fake Scots accent we get from many acts (and happily, not the odd strangled duck effect that Amy Macdonald and many others seem to favour. In fact, with the odd guitar effect and keyboard, and much more strumming than fingerpicking, ‘Time’ is reminiscent of Husker Du’s Bob Mould circa Workbook, and like ‘Taxi’ shows that these songs could easily translate into a full band arrangement. ‘Don’t Forget’ somehow reminds me of Prince – don’t even ask me to explain why, but the voice grates a little here, so after all I’ve said, ‘In Good Time’ has a really nice picked intro – which gives way to a more ordinary tune, but is a low-key end to a promising EP.
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