First EP review of the year (and maybe not the last).... Built on Bones by Emily Scott Robinson is the story of Macbeth told from the three witches' perspective. 

It's an intriguing concept and with only six songs, very ambitious.

This is American Gothic writ large and based around some stunning three-part harmonies. Massive credit must go to Emily, Alisa Amador & Violet Bell for some of the best vocals I've heard this year.

The highlight is Double, Double which is the retelling of the famous witches' spell from the play. It's dark, sensual and menacing with beautiful sultry harmonies and ferocious blues guitar.

Some of the other tracks such as Men & Moon veer towards a more traditional country sound but are never predictable or safe.

For an EP it fits in a lot and not a minute is wasted. I would also recommend seeing the video for Double, Double which dials the gothic influence up to 11 and is visually perfect for the song.

An absolute certainty to be one of my albums of the year