![]() Others of the eight include Forever Young, and Friday night has a more conventional, dusky beauty. Fractals is another, focusing on the connectedness of patterns across people, time and nature and features the jittery saxophone of Alabaster DePlume. The title and opening track is one of the highlights, Orton’s voice and instruments delicately interweaving, and is given a wonderfully light percussive touch by Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner who features across the album. ![]() The raw material was written during lockdown on a beaten-up old piano bought in Camden Market, and these musical sketches began with no particular direction, but gradually evolved into one of her very finest of the eight since her debut in 1993, including Trailer Park and Central Reservation. The first album for six years by the British singer-songwriter brings an exquisite fragility and mature beauty, suffused with her delicate, sometimes ghostly vocals and sparse but perfectly weighted instrumentation.
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