HER roots may lie on the west coast of Ireland and in Yorkshire, but Holly Macve’s voice is all Deep South.

Country music and bluegrass are the foundation of the 21-year-old songwriter’s debut album, an outing which suggests that Macve has listened to more than the occasional Tammy Wynette or Johnny Cash record in her time.

Possibly Lana Del Rey, too; Macve’s vocals have that sort of dreamy, slurred drawl, albeit with more homeliness and less menace than her more established New York counterpart.

And it’s those vocals which allow Golden Eagle to take flight, particularly on White Bridge, The Corner Of My Mind, All Of It’s Glory and Timbuktu, with her musical backdrop being minimal and unobtrusive and producer Paul Gregory’s arrangements being set to subtle.

As an introduction to a emerging artist, it intrigues rather than energises; Macve will need to add more variety and unpredictability to her sound if she’s to achieve genuine progress. For now, though, she’s proving that Mountbellew and Morley were, musically at least, a stepping stone to Memphis and the Mississippi, and that she can convince once she’s there.