One of the most intriguing, exciting and genuinely edgy records I've heard for some time is Elytral, the second album from British singer and musician Mary Epworth. Coming a full five years after her debut Dream Life, she's clearly taken her time over this and the evident attention to detail and willingness to take risks bears strange but beautiful fruit.
More brittle and brooding than that album, Elytral is an uncomfortable listen for uncomfortable times. Drawing from free jazz, psychedelia, electronica and occasional pop sources, it's a cousin of Jane Weaver's recent album, Modern Kosmology , while being darker in tone than that record.
In her recent promotional photos Epworth is done up like a female equivalent of seventies Bowie. It's apt because there's a similar daring verve that places Elytral apart from most of its contemporaries.
A splendid, space age record that I hope will get the attention it deserves.
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