The new video from the rather excellent Kent-based blues rockers.

I encoutered this band entirely by accident when they were playing a gig with a mix or originals and covers at The George Hotel in Ashford the nighr before The Ramblin’ Man Fair last July.

Their first EP “I’ll Be Damned” is also well worth a listen.

They turned out to be Salvation Jayne, a rather impressive guitar-shredding blues-rock quartet. Much of their set was covers ranging from 60s Otis Redding numbers to several Joe Bonamassa songs, but they did include several originals that stood up well amongst the standards and suggested they have their sights on being far more than a local covers band.

The EP “I’ll Be Damned” contains three of those songs, and the raw live-sounding production captures the energy of their gigs.It kicks off with the hard rock boogie of “Black Eyes”. The title track is perhaps the weakest of the three; the awkward time changes don’t quite work, although Holly Kinnear’s solo at the end is impressive. But the undoubted highlight is the final number, “Secret Sin”, a powerful slow blues number that sees lead singer Amy Benham pulls out all the stops with a gutsy and impassioned performance.

The EP can be bought from the Salvation Jayne bandcamp page.