All-female foursome Dorec-a-belle won the Sunday Herald's unsigned band competition in 2013, securing themselves a main stage slot at last year's Wickerman Festival and, in turn, raising their profile sufficiently to encourage Creative Scotland to supply some of the funding for this debut album.

The result is a 12-track showcase for an even wider range of songwriting than originally caught our ear back in the days of their demo submission. Their roots are in folk music, but of a style that can be pushed in a bluesy direction one minute, down a country road the next. Indeed, the unusual combination of accordion and saxophone (on top of guitar and cello) means that we can be whisked from a Parisian sidewalk cafe to a Highland fireside in the blink of an eye. The songs, particularly those written by Maryann Frew, are strong, with Taken and Don't Give Up boasting the classic shape of the late 1960s/early 1970s singer-songwriter, while set closer Ebony (with its more intricate, darker arrangements) suggests that a second album would be very welcome indeed.

Alan Morrison