release date: May 18, 2010
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,32]
producer: Ewan Pearson
label: Strange Feeling Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Oh, the Divorces!" - 2. "Long White Dress" - 3. "Hormones" - 10. "Swimming"
3rd studio album by Tracey Thorn following her 2007 comeback solo Out of the Woods, which also had Ewan Pearson in the producer seat. The album offers 10 tracks with a total running time at just above 37 mins.
Stylistically, Thorn doesn't stir up things by embracing new styles. It's however, a clear change from her 2007 album that followed the style of recent releases by Everything but the Girl with a clear focus on electronica, but it's still a well-known formula from the now 47-year old Brit. It may be filed as indie pop, but mostly what I hear is folk pop and chamber pop, which isn't far from the sound earlier employed by her former band-project with Ben Watt before embracing electronic downtempo and trip hop and as such relate to music she played in the 1980s and 90s.
As the title indicates, the songs dwell on relationships, and it's always nice to hear new songs from Thorn, although, the album doesn't better her fine 2007 comeback album.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5 stars ]
