Well, this is exciting - all four of my favourite countryish chanteuses (Lucinda, Gillian, Laura (Cantrell), Jolie) have come out with new albums this year. This is the first that I've really properly listened to - probably because Holland was my most recent discovery of the four - and it's a good listen without reaching the heights of Springtime Can Kill You or even The Living and the Dead (though shivering-chiming second cut "Remember" in particular stands up to anything on either of those earlier records, and "Little Birds" also stands out), from which it feels a natural continuation. And like all of her albums, it's much better when listened to closely, with the attention it deserves.
