Confessions of a Romance Novelist
Confessions of a Romance Novelist | ||||
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Studio album by The Anchoress | ||||
Released | January 15, 2016 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
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Confessions of a Romance Novelist is the debut album from The Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies. Released on 15 January 2016, the album received a favourable critique from The Guardian.[1]
The album was named amongst the Guardian critics’ Albums of the Year, won HMV’s Welsh Album of the Year, Best Newcomer at the PROG awards, and a nomination for Welsh Music Prize.[2][3][4]
Mojo described Davies as being in possession of "a devastatingly powerful voice".[5] The Observer called it "a blackly witty break up album...compelling", while PROG magazine described the record as "Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love updated for the 21st century".[6]
The genre-hopping, expansive production of Confessions of a Romance Novelist draws on influences as far and wide as Prince, Tori Amos, Roxy Music, The Carpenters, and David Bowie.
On the album, Catherine plays a variety of instruments, including piano, guitar, flute, omnichord, mellotron, wurlitzer, glockenspiel, and celeste, as well as sampling church bells, and an orchestra of typewriters.[7]
Track listing
- "Long Year"
- "What Goes Around"
- "Doesn't Kill You"
- "You and Only You" (featuring 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"
- "Rivers of Ice"
References
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/17/the-anchoress-confessions-of-a-romance-novelist-review-catherine-anne-daviesrich-and-complex-debut
- ↑ music, Guardian (2016-12-20). "The best albums and tracks of 2016: how our writers voted". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ↑ "Prog Awards 2016: the winners in full". Prog. 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ↑ "The Anchoress joins nominees for Welsh Music Prize". NME. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ↑ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ↑ "Limelight: The Anchoress". Prog. 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ↑ "The Anchoress". www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-08.