I love all of Fitchet-Wood's albums (as you can tell if you look at reviews for the others).  Even though I've only been listening to this one for a couple weeks though, it is my favorite.  Wonderful singing, marvelous sound, and if it seems
a delicate 'Sunday morning' kind of folk album, the lyrics (and if you listen carefully, the arrangements too) show much more than that.  Very thoughtful, beguiling, at times funny, at others very moving (sometimes within the same song!). There' s a lot of heart and depth here, and sophistication. And she is excellent at writing positive lyrics about life, love and 'coping,' without falling into cliche, bathos or shallowness. Not so easy to do. As usual, very fine, melodic arrangements and help from her fellow musicians.  One of the few albums I've heard  this year that I don't want to end and love replaying over and over. Great stuff.
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