AFTER disappearing off Scotland’s indie-rock map in 2014 when they finished touring debut album ‘Sing Hallelujah For The Old Machine’, Glaswegian three-piece Three Blind Wolves are back with new EP ‘The Bridge’.

Counting the presence of Andy Monaghan (Frightened Rabbit) on production duties and engineering and drumming assistance from Chris McGarry (Washington Irving, John Knox Sex Club), the result is a crisp, consummate EP that provides for the sort of austere, woozy Americana sound that isn’t a million miles removed from the likes of The Decemberists or Fleet Foxes, while retaining a strong Scottish feel

Indeed front-man Ross Clarke‘s charming, soaring vocals and lush harmonies translate into emotive and thoroughly accomplished melodies, layered against potent and powerful guitar lines to create four tracks of alluring, enduring appeal, none more evident than with the muscular, anthemic title song ‘The Bridge’. Opener ‘Be The Man’s resonant harmonies and a effectual guitar solo start things off on a strong footing, before ‘Soft Crowd Classic’ takes into veritable alt-country road anthem Americana territory, while the jovial, punchy and percussion-heavy ‘Stay Calm Ali’ further showcases Clarke’s versatility as a vocalist as he cries ‘In the calmest waters I salute you’.

With ‘The Bridge’ EP we witness a welcome return to action for Three Blind Wolves, an EP which demonstrates the band’s capacity to fashion for themselves an attractive, radio friendly sound that deserves attention.