ReviewThis is a really refreshing album full of wonderful melodies, harmonies and beautifully crafted songs. It is loud and thrashy at times with full-on aggressive guitars and at other times low key, soft with sweet voices. Kami Thompson (daughter of Richard & Linda Thompson) is the female voice in this duo who delivers a pure, sweet, at times haunting vocal. The male voice is her husband, James Walbourne who moonlights as the guitarist for The Pretenders with Chrissy Hynde (or does he moonlight for his own group?). At any right there are hints of The Pretenders in the sound and also hints of Kami's father's sound with the electric guitar given full prominence at times.
The duo's singing voices work beautifully together, weaving different melody lines in harmony, never both on the same note or octave. There's sufficient variety in the tracks to make each new song a new adventure, never the same twice. Without exaggeration I could play it for 24 hours non-stop, hearing new things in each play. This is a simply sublime album and I have it on CD and vinyl. I'm particularly fond of the vinyl version but the production is probably so good, the CD version will sound even better. The production really is VERY good, with orchestrations and full sound so that you feel smothered by the music (in a good way) and at the same time during the quiet moments, you're drawn towards the speakers to hear every sparse note.