Fraser A. Gorman - Book Of Love

'Book of Love' is one of those groovy ear-worms you're sure you remember from a driving mixtape The One That Broke Your Heart made you. It's a moving n' shaking piece of bluesy soul that's testament to the young Australian's ability to turn twist the very roots of music into something full of vitality, fun and cool. It's gospel chorus chants and lethargic twangs play back-drop to Fraser's lip-curling tones, I heard you brought your mother along. Oh no, he winces. His incredible debut long-player will probably end up getting filed under folk, country or both, and that's fine. But Gorman shares as much in common with more recent anti-heroes like Cass McCombs and Will Oldham than he does with the pillars of his canon like Guthrie or Dylan.