Ian Whitty & the Exchange - Cash Crop album review: Something for everyone

It's taken Ian Whitty eight years to gather the necessary songs for his second album, and the Corkman has run the gamut of human emotions. Cash Crop ruminates on modern society (the title track), love (Tattoo Rings) and loss (Birds Carry Souls).

Whitty's sincerity can't be faulted, despite the odd lyrical clanger ("Some days you lose, some days you win/ But most days you take it all on the chin"). Musically it's a sprawling mass of guitar-based tunes, from softly sung Americana and country (I'd Rather Be a Loon) to the shimmy-shaking 1970s pop and the new wave of Rodeo and Bottom Line.

There's a lot thrown at the canvas and inevitably, some slides by the wayside – but the tunes that stick leave their mark. facebook.com/ianwhittyandtheexchange