Resonant Retrievers of Goodbyes,

Ross Clark might not be busy touring the world with his guitar and his band, however, when he received an order for his EP, Anthems in Clams, from a stranger in the Kingdom of Fife, he didn’t really have to take the time and thought to write a short note and throw a couple of extra CDs the way of this stranger.

I’d have been happy just to receive the CD I bought in an envelope. It’s an added bonus when buying a record, when a pause is needed to make time for an “isn’t that nice?” thought. It was nice that Kate Goes coloured in the home-made envelope which they had sent a CD to me in. It is nice that Pictish Trail writes thanks on orders from Fence Records. And so the real indie stars go on.

As far as reviewing goes, comparisons are normal: I’ve alluded to the fact in an earlier article that Ross Clark is one of these indie-folksters and he’s probably of the same genre as Jeremy Warmsley and the like. There is a high similarity between Ross Clark and Bright Eyes - that’s never a bad thing. The themes are simple: adventures of love and life. So far, it could be said that nothing about what I’ve described makes Ross any different from the others, but, and this should make Ross a success in the industry, his songs stick, they cling to brain. Once Anthems in Clams is in there, it won’t go, won’t meet your demands.