The Penny Black Remedy

The band's extended line up includes Jeremy Mendonca, from California, on vocals and bass guitar and Barbara Bartz from Poland on violin.

The album also featured guest musicians Teo Martinović from Croatia on hammond, and Londoners Graham Murphy, Segs Jennings and David Ruffy all on backing vocals on the song You Should've Left Your Money At Home.

The songs draw on dark humour and absurdity, often dealing with drinking, paranoia and death, whilst having memorable sing-a-long choruses, which result in rowdy live shows.

Extensive touring in the UK and Europe, including sold out residencies at London's venue The 12 Bar Club, have seen the group gather an enthusiastic hardcore following.

The Guardian newspaper's review of their single "I Won't Argue When I'm Dead" claimed it was "Quite simply, the finest country sing-along I've heard on the vexed pop topic of how one's body should be disposed of after death.

"[3] Thomson has pointed to the dedication of their fans being the result of the band's unusual, dark humour mixed with harking back to a traditional, almost old-fashioned take on live music gatherings: "The fact that most of my songs are about death, lost love, brothels or just trying to live in a constant state of crippling paranoid fear and cope with the daily grind of everyday life is irrelevant.