Skinny Lister: Forge & Flagon – review

(PIAS)To paraphrase the Manic Street Preachers: if you tolerate Mumford & Sons, then Skinny Lister will be next. You see, this five-piece folk act love a good hoedown and wouldn't say no to the odd sea shanty, either. They've been mentioned in the same breath as the Pogues, yet where that band took traditional influences and made them roar with energy, this is all softened edges. The cover alone should have set alarm bells ringing: a heart embedded within the Union flag, it could be windo...

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