the anchoress
Confessions Of A Romance Novelist (expanded edition)
K SCOPE
a stunning, darkly poetic album this – in the middle ground between lana del rey’s glamorous melancholia and Chelsea wolfe’s celebration of the macabre and you’ll find the anchoress.
in her own words, "Deconstructing normative ideas of love and romance. With each song sung by a different character, it's what you might call a musical ghost writing of sorts. This album has been made on a wing and a prayer, lots of favours, one car crash, one death, one broken hand, and a lot of patience on so many parts. Stir in 3 jobs, 4 studios, 2 arrests, 3 pianos, 40 songs and 1 very patient engineer - and you get some way to understanding what a long road it has been." "Deft, engrossing lyrical work with some beautifully dark arrangement.... enthralling" - Clash.
Tracklist
- Long Year
- What Goes Around
- Doesn't Kill You
- You And Only You (feat Paul Draper)
- One For Sorrow
- P.S. Fuck You
- Popular
- Bury Me
- Intermission (Notes To The Editor)
- Waiting To Breathe
- Chip On Your Shoulder
- Confessions Of A Romance Novelist
- You And Only You (Acoustic Version)
- Bury Me (Acoustic Version)
- Long Year (Acoustic Version)
- Popular (Acoustic Version)
- What Goes Around (Acoustic Version)(cd only)