Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham - The Song Club album review

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"The soundscapes are warm and feel lived-in, with an emphasis on minimalism and rawness..."

Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham
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FELICITY URQUHART & JOSH CUNNINGHAM
The Song Club
ABC

Though each of its 11 cuts were penned as part of a songwriting challenge for which the LP is named, not a word nor a strum of The Song Club feels even mildly haphazard. Urquhart and Cunningham wield an incandescent chemistry with their honeyed yin-yang vocals, soaring over a bright and vibrant palate of acoustic guitars wavering between summery and dry. 

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Ellie Robinson
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