LAURA BARRETT - Victory Garden
The kalimba queen's long-promised longplayer is out at last, presented in a way emblematic of her inclusive reach as she brings into her Garden fold a grounds crew of thirteen contributors (if you include those who assisted with the artwork/typography, and you really should) and never navel-gazes in the least, with odd observational, sassily detached lyrics almost like Joni Mitchell's (stress that almost--musically the two are pretty much planets apart!). Good on Paper Bag for at this point being home to quite a few staunch pop individualists, with Barrett, Slim Twig and The Acorn all clawing at conventions while still staying very accessible in their approaches.
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