...Cistokrvna Amerikana...From The Bottom Of The Black Heart...A Lancashire native, St. John plays a haunted, electric folk song, held together on a tightrope of dark, archaic yet lyrically playful language and the sound of collaborative talent tapering into waveringly tuneful rough music. The creaks and drones of harmoniums, saws and violins are underlain by field and hydrophone recordings of waterfalls, and hold together a broken consort of assorted Edinburgh singers.
“magically intoned” – Drowned in Sound
“He has quite a voice. It lilts and swoons, coiling through the air like a spirographic whisper before unravelling itself inside the conscience” – The Skinny
“beguiling brilliance” - Radar, The Scotsman
“pleasing many an ear … lush, but restrained” – The List
” a startling alt-folk troubadour, and a young man in thrall to the credence that less is more” – The Herald
According to Scottish DIY promoters extraordinaire Tracer Trails, Rob St.John is “Edinburgh’s adopted “doom-wop” wunderkind”.
Rob St.John 'Sargasso Sea' from rob st john on Vimeo.
Rob St John "Your Phantom Limb" from rob st john on Vimeo.
