Phew! Sultry Stuff - In The Desert You’ll Find Me The Molee Shakes - Debut Album - Review Released this morning, with the launch gig at Norwich Puppet Theatre tonight, we at last get a full draft of The Molee Shakes – and it tastes good. It is like a long, slow, cold beer on an oppressively humid day. The duo of Mowenna Farrell and Lee Dickerson bring welcome chills to heat of summer. This is a great album for a go-with-the-flow, tell me a story, laid-back mood, in a let’s not rush about, (it’s too hot for rushing), let’s just rock gently to the swaying rhythms of a lived-in voice telling slow, wild tales, accompanied by the echoing lap-steel guitar laments. The album is beautifully put together. It sets a distinctive tone and maintains that mood throughout. This is sustained by sparingly-used percussion. Drums are lightly deployed, with the delicate touch of Jack Gascoigne bringing music of his own to the melodic scenery. The rhyth...
