There's a charm to Minotaurs that's unforced and unspoiled: this very English folk-pop fits in like a younger, less worldly sibling to Stornoway (if it's possible to sound less wordly than Stornoway). Like the Oxford band, they celebrate their provinciality – Andrew Forster's South Shields accent is unwavering – and look for the little gesture rather than the grand sweep. And in Sarah Farrell-Forster they have a secret weapon to treasure: her voice is sweet, pure and true, adding a lemony zest. There's serendipity in the low-budget recording: one suspects the horns on Keepsakes should stab through the melody, as on old soul records, but it's muted and softened, like a brass bandh, which feels completely right. If there's a theme here, it's emotional displacement – "In the wrong place, I'm always in the wrong place," Forster sings on Anyone Who Had a Heart; "Anytime you don't feel like being yourself," he and Forster-Farrell harmonise on Horsseshoes, a delight of a song – but the melancholy is leavened by a quiet joy throughout. Available from minotaurs.bandcamp.com/