Kentucky duo Matt Mason and Rick Nielsen eschew all the country and bluegrass associations of their native state with a deep jazzy and soulful house sound that transfers nicely to UK label Drop Music on this new four-track EP. Opening with the hugely uplifting, brass-drenched "Check Me Out", the pair show off some serious skills with irresistibly funky tunes like the Sneak/Riva Starr-esque "Down In The Hole" (which also dines out on the same sample used by Jay-Z for "Big Pimpin'"), or the intimate and enormously beautiful "Hope" which contains just the right amount of shivery live textures to please fans of Todd Terje or Floating Points.