As Holly And The Woods storm the South African rock scene with their influential debut album, fellow female-fronted act, Scarlet Box, continue their consistent foray into the selfsame market with their second studio album, 'And The Rest Of Us Die Out'.

Understandably excited by the release of the 12-track offering they've poured their heart and soul into, the dynamic quartet’s drive and ardour is evident in the album's impassioned content, an element attested to by guitarist Wilkie Louw.

"It has been a rough, tough and love of music that got me to this point," Louw exclaimed before the release. "Without the three beautiful guides this dream could not have realised this way. From today onward, I am a musician."

The trio of beauties Wilkie refers to are vocalist Jenna Philips, bassist Jitka Brzek and drummer Lucille Barry, and collectively the passionately-aligned four, along with the help of renowned producer Jon Buckley, have cast into the ocean of substandard offerings afloat on our nation's watered-down rock scene, a pearl of hopeful resurgence.

Scarlet Box's manager, Athol Phillips, had high hopes for his band's collaboration with Buckley ahead of the album's creation and was particularly anticipant of the potential fruits fetched by the lead lady's association with the man doing the mixing and mastering.

"If the pre-production tracks are anything to go by, then this album is certainly going to attract a lot of attention," proclaimed Phillips ahead of the album's final formation. "Jenna and Jon just bring out the best in each other, and this magical musical chemistry is guaranteed to deliver an awesome result."

"Attract a lot of attention" it has, as the talented quartet accompany their tried-and-tested formulaic rock with little gems like 'See Ya', 'Happy', 'Redline', 'Colour Of Summer' and the radio-ready 'I Knew', making sure they get their communal fill of relative success before the next Holly And The Woods-esque outfit sanctimoniously steps forth and steals the limelight from the more deserving.