We’ve been desperately trying to clear our backlog of e-mails before the start of the festive period proper and all those end of year Best Of posts start. Vienna Ditto have sat, undiscovered by us, for the best part of two months – until now.

Their recent 3-track EP, Ugly, blends their country blues and gospel influences with primitive ‘voodoo electronics’ and clattering junk percussion to very good effect indeed. The title track is a perfect example, but By Way Of Apology is altogether calmer and has a subdued air of melancholy about it that says this duo are just as much substance as they are style.

You can get the EP, plus four live tracks, for a pay-what-you-want deal on Bandcamp here.

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