Ian Love has spent a number of years in outfits such as Rival Schools and Burn, before now dropping this self-titled solo effort. On it you won’t find shredding guitars or screamed vocals… no no, this is a serious singer/songwriter album with carefully strummed acoustic guitars and Ian Love’s soft voice draped gently over the songs.

Opener “The Only Night” immediately hit my soft spot, reminding me of Josh Ritter. Unfortunately not all of the songs have the same impact, some even come off as boring (yup, I’m talking about songs like “Butterfly”).