More mini-album than EP, Scottish folksy songstress Kat Flint's debut release The Secret Boy's Club EP is a thing of gentle, poignant beauty and grace from beginning to end. So much so that, on reaching the end, the only course of action is to return to the beginning and play it again.
Guitar plucks and a list of instruments that bears mentioning - "melodicas; glockenspiels; kazoos; penny whistles; the cardboard mock box; a tambourine in a pillowcase; shaky eggs; synth; handclaps" - combine with Kat's distinctly authoritative, multi-layered vocals to loll the listener gently to sleep. Fitting then that one of the EP's tracks, London Lullaby, seems designed specially with her special talents in mind, utilising those glocks and melodicas. The song's subtle lyrics, meanwhile, examine a relationship in which at least one of the parties is holding back from commitment.
Best of the bunch is Anticlimax, which is anything but. Showcasing that voice - together with the shaky eggs and handclaps - this rhythmic little ditty includes the best use of kazoo since... oh, Hybrasil or The Spinto Band. Elsewhere, contrasts between the starkly melancholic The Blinking and the toe-tapping Headrush demonstrate Kat's versatility.
All in, The Secret Boy's Club EP is six reasons why Kat Flint should find her way into your world sooner rather than later.
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