Sister John have been about for a few years now so it is perhaps no surprise that there is much in the way of maturity to be found in the words and music that make up the fifteen songs of “Don’t Worry, It’s Forever”.
It would be easy, therefore, to regard this album as being a serious one. One that successfully combines melody and melancholy as part of this band’s musical recipe for emotional catharsis. One that injects elements of both fragility and heartfelt sentiment into a framework that many might regard as an indication that the inside has become the new outside even if Sister John - Amanda McKeown, Jonathan Lilley, Sophie Pragnell, and Heather Phillip – do so whilst sounding like they have just walked out of the mists of the past. Yesterday is the new today and, in matters of the heart, Sister John is your new old friend and confidante.
“Don’t Worry, It’s Forever” benefits from sounding like the work of human beings and sounding like the work of a band that is a supportive environment for introspection and poetic presentation. This isn’t an album to make a heart of stone beat faster but, if you have rambling on your mind, then your mind might well want to go rambling in Sister John country.