
TOM JENKINS
It Comes In The Morning, It Hangs In The Evening Sky (Xtra Mile)
Following an impressive set at this year’s Sŵn Festival, Welsh singer-songwriter and former Straight Lines frontman Tom Jenkins has returned with his second solo album. On It Comes In The Morning, It Hangs In The Evening Sky, Jenkins offers his own brand of alternative folk to good effect here with songs such as Products Of The Western World (which includes a lovely bit of pedal steel guitar), the beautiful Cocaine Hearts, and the semi-epic Back Roads, all coming to life with the help of Jenkins’ backing band.
Closing track 2086 (Write It On My Grave) starts with just Jenkins and his guitar, before said backing band comes in for an almighty finish, and is just one of the highlights along with those mentioned above. A solidly good album, cementing Jenkins’ place as one of Wales’ talented songwriters right now.
words JOSHUA WILLIAMS
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