Album Review: Curse of Lono - "People In Cars"
Now on their third album, Curse of Lono first came to our attention with their 2017 debut Severed which offered up a good dose of dark Americana influenced music similar to a British version of Lucero. They continued this form nicely on 2018's As I Fell but the group have been sailing through turbulent waters since then with singer Felix being the only remaining member of the line-up that played on the previous record. Despite the personnel changes though, People In Cars is a pretty similar beast to its predecessors right from the moment the haunting one-two of Let Your Love Rain Down On Me and Think I'm Alright Now kick things into motion here. The fuzzy guitars, lonesome pedal steel, soporific vocals and general dark noctural air about the songs are definitely tried and true Curse of Lono hallmarks and they work well again here. Truth be told, the group don't quite hit the bullseye every time here - sometimes the sleepy nature of the songs se...