Artist: Count To Fire

Artist: Count To Fire Album: In Another Life Place of origin: Exeter, U.K. Label: Self-released Featured Track: "I'm The Man You Need" Links: Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | YouTube Buy: iTunes Count To Fire - I'm The Man You Need

• Count To Fire - I'm The Man You Need

Tweet If there's one genre of music I never expected to start getting into, it's country. I mean, is there anything likeable about it? How often do we need to hear a downtrodden ex-cattle rustler growl about the tribulations of the trail, or how he's called Sue, or whatever? Don't even get me started on steel guitars. Well, apparently there is something likeable about it. I'm still not exactly sure what it is, but it's growing on me. Trust me: I'm as surprised as [...]

• Count to Fire - I'm The Man You Need

Over the next couple of years, any band whose music falls somewhere near the folk and country side of things is going to be compared to Mumford & Sons. Whether it's by lazy uninformed journalists or by bloggers whinging about it like me; it's going to happen. Such has been the impact of Mumford over the past year or so that any band influenced by Americana or simply using a hint of steel guitar will be tarred with the same smug, over-earnest brush as the aforementioned four-piece. Exeter's Count To Fire will no doubt [...]

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• Count To Fire - I'm The Man You Need