EP Review: Borts – EP1

Freshly signed to Lockjaw Records, Borts are getting down to business and have released the imaginatively titled “EP1” earlier this month, I’m guessing there might be an an “EP2” in the not too distant future. Out of curiosity I looked up what the band’s name might mean, the only references I could find where to the band itself and to some strips of air dried meat popular with the nomadic tribes of Mongolia, so I’m none the wiser on that front. So after establishing that names are clearly not the band’s strongpoint, it’s onto the EP itself, musically what Borts do have in spades is an ability to surprise you, on every single cut on their debut EP. ‘The Nurse’ is an odd choice for lead single and opening track for Borts debut EP, this ac...