The Sunday Times
Turn Your Face To The Sun, I Draw Slow (Compass, US)
Whatever Americana scene there may be in Ireland, I Draw Slow have surely conquered it. That this third album sounds pristine, despite being recorded live, is testament to the quintet’s skill and the flair of producer Brian Masterson.
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The Irish Times
Turn Your Face To The Sun, I Draw Slow (Compass, US)
I Draw Slow – Turn Your Face to the Sun: impressive roots, delivered with gusto and flair
Almost quietly over the past three albums, Dublin roots band I Draw Slow have created their own identity, their own sound. It is not just Louise Holden’s expressive voice, nor the bustling enthusiasm of the five-piece band, but is most evident in how they approach the broad roots genre, spurning cliche and playing with structure.
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The Last Mixed Tape…
…reviews Turn Your Face To The Sun, the brand new studio album from I Draw Slow.
What Turn Your Face To The Sun sets out to do, it does with aplomb. The album by no means reinvents the trad-folk wheel, nor is it a drastic change in sound for I Draw Slow, but instead is a simple expansion on what the group had laid down before on White Wave Chapel…
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ELMORE MAGAZINE
Turn Your Face To The Sun, I Draw Slow (Compass, US)
Dublin-based folk-roots quintet I Draw Slow formed almost a decade ago, led by siblings Dave (guitar/vocals) and Louise (vocals) Holden. Backed by equally talented multi-instrumentalists, I Draw Slow is a group blending historically Irish storytelling with full Americana rhythms. Their newest album, Turn Your Face To The Sun, releasing via Nashville label Compass Records on April 21st, finds the band further developing their rich, one-of-a-kind sound…
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HOT PRESS
Turn Your Face To The Sun, I Draw Slow (Compass, US)
Superior Americana from Dublin five-piece.
In almost the same manner that Clapton, Jagger/ Richards, Jeff Beck and others sold the blues back to American audiences in the ’60s, a growing number of Irish acts – like Lost Brothers and the Henry Girls – have been doing something similar in the country and roots genre. I Draw Slow are another – the surprise on hearing them first is that they aren’t from the southern states of the USA…
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AXS
Turn Your Face To The Sun, I Draw Slow (Compass, US)
I Draw Slow bridge Ireland and Appalachia on ‘Turn Your Face to the Sun’
For a genre with such a geo-centric name, some of the best Americana music being produced today is not coming from America. Europe is producing some of the most exciting Americana acts today and one of the most buzzworthy of those acts is Dublin’s I Draw Slow, who after a decade together are making their American label debut on Compass Records April 21 with Turn Your Face to the Sun…
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