Good Habits

★★★ Antipody BANDCAMP. CD/DL

Manchester-based duo of singer/cellist Bonnie Schwarz and accordionist/cajon player Pete Shaw – were on tour in Covid-free New Zealand when the rest of the world was paralysed by the pandemic. Naturally they stayed exactly where they were for the rest of the year and recorded this appealing album. Driven by Schwarz’s jazz-inflected voice and the unusual combination of instruments, it wields an uplifting sense of adventure, as underlined by their imaginative re-invention of The Stone Roses’ She Bangs The Drums. CI