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- Summary: The second album from Fay Hield sees the British folk singer working with the The Hurricane Party: Jon Boden, Andy Cutting, Rob Harbron, and Sam Sweeney.
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- Record Label: Topic Records
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock
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Positive: 3 out of 6
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Mixed: 3 out of 6
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Sep 5, 2012Hield's command of her material is unerring and the outcome compelling.
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Sep 5, 2012She doesn't seek to graft herself onto these songs; instead, and with considerable skill, she draws out from them new layers of wit, tenderness and melancholia.
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Sep 5, 2012Andy Cutting (accordion), Jon Boden (Hields's partner and the Bellowhead frontman is on fiddle, guitar and double bass), Sam Sweeney (fiddle, viola, cello), Rob Harbron (English Concertina and fiddle) and Martin Simpson (guitar, banjo) provide the classy framework for Hield to interpret 11 traditional songs.
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Sep 5, 2012It's an album that impresses rather than excites.
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UncutSep 5, 2012Orfeo's spare soundscape can sometimes seem a bit frugal, but Hield proves a versatile frontwoman. [Aug 2012, p.73]
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Q MagazineOct 12, 2012It's Hield's increased confidence as a singer that is most striking. [Jul 2012, p.102]