This British project blends a tense urgency with ethereeal melodies and a folky organic feel. The singer has a Björk feel to her emotive singing style. As the album progresses, you hear a wider expanse of sound, yet her fragile folkish vocal continues to haunt things like a higher-pitched Lana Del Rey at times. The darker elements are subtle, an eerie layer in the background. Some songs are more dynamic than others, though the first two tracks really do not escalate things beyond the moods established in the verses.
The folk strum is draped in a fairytale ambiance, and gains a more haunting melody that is not unlike Blonde Redhead on "Toothwort Took Him," which finds the vocals as more of a melodic layer for the pulse of the song. "Greentree" works off a fragile ghost of melancholy, as the trembling heart of the song floats off into the night. "Making a Mountain" is another delicate ballad. There is a hint of country introspective to the wide expanse of sound conjured here. "Dead Poppa a Toothwort" is a folk instrumental that has a focused melody to keep it from being more abstract.
"Bowerbird" is a more hushed and shadowy take on folk with a more ambient mood, which is not unlike Rasputina to some extent. Midway into the song, it provides a more expansive backdrop for the vocals to unfold over. "Run' finds more electronic elements introduced. The album takes on a renewed urgency to make one of the album's best songs. "Look For Me" reverts back to the more eerie pulse of atmosphere they have touched on before here. "Can't Find Your Way" has a creepy fey touch that feels like you are being led into the woods at dusk. There is a dreamier haze cast over "We Follow". Almsot too abstract for its own good. But this album is highly effective at making the moods it wants to make, so I will give it a 9.
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