From playing for free beer, The Busketeers are clearly on the up

Music scene

- BY CLARE ROBINSON

MUCH-LOVED Plymouth quartet The Busketeers have released their second album with a sold out show at the Loft - and it's a fabulous crowd pleaser.

Having each contributed original songs to record earlier this year, they had already laid down the drum track when life got in the way and they had to rethink.

"Festival and gig season started and we just ran out of time," said Matthew Gordon Price. "So we thought, why not record some our favourite tunes, the ones that got us into music in the first place and that people seem to love to hear us play?

"We'd done a self titled originals album a couple of years ago, that was cool and we know some bands are really against recording covers. But if it wasn’t for listening to and then emulating Queen and Kinks songs I probably wouldn't be a performing musician."

The band have a unique approach to performance as their ability to seamlessly swap instruments and harmonise gives their sound an edge, originality and energy like no other.

All are singer/songwriters and multi instrumentalists in their own right and the coming together of all four results in a sound greater than the sum of its parts.

"We did it at Plymouth Music Collective, smashed it out in a day, as live and haven't touched it since.