Sloppy punctuation, Simon, old love, but a valid enough opinion.

I won't be drawn on how I got hold of it, but I have heard the new CD, and I have to admit it is effing excellent. The musicianship is kneetremblingly good, and the mixing is near perfect. Watson's accordion and Dean's guitar are the bedrock that the fiddles, whistles, flutes and mandolins of Oakley and Williamson augment beautifully, and the product is ear sex. Oh, and there's some singing too! McGarry is on fine form, and the production has a live feel that is redolent of the PTH pub sound, crackling with joy. I have made some stumbling attempts at recording, and have done enough to know that these guys must have been lucky enough to all be on top performing form on the day they happened to have the studio booked, and you can hear all them lifting each other, and playing out of their skins. So there.