Bouche play the deeply emotive and beguilingly timeless music of singer and double bass player Rebekah Bouche, over a seductive swagger of electric guitar and a sultry, weaving trumpet.

So Long Solemn is this alternative Jazz trio's debut album and while the music is easy to warm to, the rather raw and rough and ready (on occasion) vocals take a little more time to grow on you.

For that reason, this album won't be to everyone's taste - in fact it's a distinctly acquired taste and I swang between gently warming to it while at other times being annoyingly distracted by it.

The album contains 9 songs (1 hr, 01 min, 01 sec) and should appeal to lovers of Blues based Jazz.

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Nick Smithson