Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Autumn can be seen as the season that values the upbeat melancholic, it honours the belief that ageing is just a step on the road to renewal, that even though the harsh winds of winter and the thick skirts of snow that can threaten the peace of end of current days, autumn is a moment of beauty, radiance, of longing over memories of cultivating log fires and the understanding that those that the season recruits see the world through a kaleidoscope not hindered by the sweat of summer and the false starts of springs.

The upbeat melancholia is infectious, if properly treated by the convert it can illuminate like almost nothing on Earth, it allows those colours of day to be seen as if applied through the rainbow spectrum, and one that Lincolnshire’s Solitary Bee have utilised with a blaze of buoyancy and insight in their latest single to come from the forthcoming E.P. Bloom, the energising Autumn Recruits.

James Styring, Martin Beswick, and Mikey Barraclough take this second single out in the best way possible, the energy derived from it could shake the soul and set it on a course to banish the blues as each note, tenderly scripted but presented with an intent to ambush the senses, digs deep into the threesome’s charm and guile, and leaves the listener with a smile engrained on their heart; such is the disposition that awaits those willing to jump in the leaves piled high and embrace the shorting of the hours which leads to the sun being taken less for granted, but shines with a fervour of undying adoration.

These three leaders signing up the Autumn Recruits do so with an intent of purpose, all veterans of the scene but with that gathering army behind them they are a band of consequence and optimism, the fruit being plucked with care as the bounty continues to unfold.

A new single, a storming event for Solitary Bee. 

Ian D. Hall