Bancroft & Lyne | Monday Nights | November 23, 2020
Release: 23rd November 2020
As a long-running husband & wife duo, Scottish-based Sophie Bancroft & Tom Lyne took full advantage of being ‘locked down’ together in Spring this year.
They launched a weekly Monday night livestream session, direct from their living room, which not only garnered thousands of views, but also allowed them to rehearse and refine a catalogue of their favourite songs.
The result is Monday Nights; a mix of reimagined classics and original compositions featuring British singer-songwriter Sophie on vocals and guitar alongside Canadian expat Tom Lyne on acoustic & electric bass.
Their blend of jazz and folk influences is on clear display; a tender version of Tom Waits’ Grapefruit Moon, alongside an upbeat version of Cole Porter’s You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To, complete with scat solo; hard-swinging bass lines next to sparse acoustic guitar.
“Lockdown created the space and environment to study, practise and evolve our identity as a duo” explains Sophie. “We learnt different ways to orchestrate our duo sound and reimagine old and new songs. Monday Nights presents some of our favourites!”
Bancroft & Lyne have already won plaudits for previous albums, both in the UK and internationally, but Monday Nights showcases a leap forward in the sound and sensitivity of this ever-challenging duo format.
Line up
Sophie Bancroft | Voice and guitar
Tom Lyne | Electric and double bass
Track Listing
Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
Fragile Moon
Underneath The Apple Tree
Miles Away
Blue Moon
Far From Mars
Comfort
On The Street Where You Live
Grapefruit Moon
Cuttings
