HOMOSAPIEN (LP)

It 's been three years since Glasgow musical collective NIGHTSHIFT's last album ("Zöe",2 021) & aside form an odds & sods tape compilation "Made Of The Earth", the group has remained relatively quiet on the recorded front. Newly regrouped into a quartet, the band has readied their proper follow up to "Zöe" & their third album "Homosapien", again forCh icago's Trouble In Mind Records.R ecorded & mixed in the band's rehearsal space by members Chris White & RobAl exander, "Homosapien" started to take shape in Summer 2023. Writing had begun prior, butd ue to a crucial lineup change, the band had to start again. Thankfully, once theyreg rouped, the assembly and recording of the new set of songs was fun and relatively quick.N otably, the band has lost some members, gained a new member & shuffled some roles; former drummer Chris White (Spinning Coin) is now on guitar. His distinctive playing delivers a countrified energy that is central to the album, leading the song structures into more succinctand colorful places, matching the upbeat and playful nature the band has always drawns trength from, only more so now under his stylish approach. Primar y vocalist & keyboardist Eothen Stern (also of 2 Ply)'s lyrical gifts illuminate the group's output with an