Caroline Polachek opens this album with a vast, extraordinary wail. It’s the kind of vocal cartwheeling that you might more commonly expect from a blockbuster diva in the Celine or Mariah mould.
This New York-born musician has an indie background and a tendency towards the chaotic and experimental, but after dipping a toe in the mainstream from time to time over a long career, this grandstanding collection sounds like her big moment.
