Nite Songs

  Hailing from Cheltenham, this second album from rockabilly revivalists the Strays is an agreeably fired up take on this venerable genre. Similar to Imelda May jamming with King Kurt after a few jars, this album is a whiplash-fast joyride. Sure, there's not a lot you won't be expecting here from the barrelling title track and Silence Is Golden  to the almost Latino rhythms of Hold Your Own  but the key is that the Strays are a tight band musically with plenty of energy to fire these songs along and prevent them slumping into out and out predictability. Singer Stella in particular has an impressive amount of charisma in her vocals (as best demonstrated on the suave  The House Always Wins ) and guitarist Sam can wind the riffs impressively tightly around the band's tunes The likes of Heyyyy  which takes on anonymous internet trolls shows a social conscience at work as well which is to be applauded while at the other end of the scale, the full on psychobilly freak...