Congregation

Ben Swank says, "Looking like a couple of gangsters from the depression era, this duo has lately been injecting the blues with a heavy dose of class and soul. Benjamin Prosser (slide guitar and bass drum) and Victoria Yeulet (vocals, leg bells) play the kind of raw, slinky and seductive blues that have the power to restore one's faith in the genre. I know because they did it for me. On record and on stage Prosser is a dark presence, wavering in the background, playing slide riffs and thumping a bass drum with his foot. Victoria wails away with a voice that never fails to chill. This is a voice that manages to conjure up all of her fallen sisters in arms back from the dead (or used record bins), yet it's still very much her own. The overall effect of their music is moving in a way that is both remorseful and joyful at the same time. They are so deep that it would hurt if you could stop smiling at the beauty of it all. English white boy R&B has a lot to answer for but these two are going a long way to redressing the issue. My new favorite band."