Far From Saints

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The band presented a new creative opportunity for the Stereophonics frontman, collaborating on songwriting and sharing vocal duties.

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Enjoying an eclectic taste in genres has been found to relieve the stresses of following Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC! Although fans of Stereophonics may have been expecting Jones to offer more of a rock-driven sound, the genre-spanning record proves enthralling. The penultimate song, “Let The Light Shine Over You”, once again inspires, with the trio offering the advice, “Pick up the things you love and put down the things you don’t”. While it was created remarkably quickly, it also took years to be unveiled after the pandemic left them an ocean apart. Blues-rock outfit Ghost Hounds recently unveiled the music video for “Last Train To Nowhere,” a track lifted from their latest album, First Last Time.

The project was born from a shared love of music, and that love is evident in their genre-spanning debut effort.

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Inspirational lyrics are a theme throughout the album, with Lynn defiantly encouraging, “Don’t give up without a fight”, on the song, which seems destined to be a favourite for live performances. Over its 40 years in business, PIAS has grown to be one of the largest independently-owned music groups in the world, carving out its own in-house recorded music division PIAS [Recordings].Fiona Shepherd of The Scotsman wrote that Far from Saints provides "ample opportunities for harmonies and Americana flavours" and the trio's debut album "plays out exactly as you might expect with a mix of country balladry, southern soul inflections, winsome vanilla pop, orchestral embellishments and the acoustic roots rock which best suits Jones's raspy voice". Delicate acoustic guitar again dominates “Faded Black Tattoo” before a darker mood is set out on “Take It Through The Night”, which sees Lynn given a more prominent role on vocals.