A superb contemporary song collection that has been written and performed by three prominent UK musicians, McCusker is famed for his own solo albums as well as his work with Kate Rusby, Drever for his work with Lau as well as his own excellent solo album, and Roddy found fame with Idlewild, before releasing his own folk album ‘My Secret is My Silence’ on Pure Records.
This new album sees Woomble take on most of the lead vocal duties, his voice is perfect for the style of songs on ‘Before the Ruin’ and the backing of two of the finest musicians around in Drever and McCusker make this an album full of quality from the first to the last.
As you’d imagine from such a well connected group of musicians, the list of friends they’ve brought in to guest on the disc is of the highest quality including Donald Shaw (Capercaillie), Heidi Talbot, Michael McGoldrick and Andy Cutting; what they bring is variety and subtle touches to an already strong trio of artists.
This is an album with obvious cross-over appeal as it manages to straddle both folk and rock genres without ever losing sight of the influences of either; the intention is to release a couple of singles from the disc and there’s every chance this may well reach a much wider audience as it’s an album of real depth.

Track listing
1 Silver and Gold
2 Into the Blue
3 All Along the Way
4 Before the Ruin
5 Hope to See
6 Rest on the Rock
7 Out of Light
8 The Poorest Company
9 Moments Last Forever
10 Stuck in Time

 £12.99