On February 4, 2016, Joey Haynes announced his departure from the quite popular folk rock band Bear's Den. With Haynes, the banjo also flew out the door, which had been so decisive for the sound on the debut album from 2014. Only to return to the successor marginally. For example in Broken Parable, actually the only song that stands out a bit positively in the over hour that Red Earth & Pouring
… Rain dragged on. Tired of the eternal comparison with , the remaining duo Andrew Davie and Kevin Jones decided to take a different approach. Titles like New Jerusalem and Greenwoods Bethlehem already indicate that it should be more serious. That has certainly succeeded. Compared to Bear's Den, at the time of (presumably a source of inspiration here) from four uncontrollable fun letters. But that is the only success in this piece of bloodless, solemn, sad horn rock. (RME)more
