Any Old Fool – Penrose 1028

Sweetest soul custodians Thee Sacred Souls bring a sharp two-sider apposing the previously unheard ‘Any Old Fool’ with album cut ‘Price I’ll Pay’, the former a floor-fluent love pledge, as Josh Lane slides across the rhythm with easy vocal confidence; and the latter a standout from the band’s sophomore LP Got A Story To Tell, from which point the the mood ashens, tracing the stark arc of a relationship with a debt to pay. Mid-tempo pace, heavy pocket, Lane weighing the cost of devotion over slow-burning soul instrumentation. Another tidy dispatch from the San Diego crew.