Investing in an actor’s album is always a risky business. Vanity generally outweighs musical talent for those Hollywood types. But just as Jessie Buckley has consistently chosen interesting acting roles – she received an Oscar nomination this year for the Elena Ferrante adaptation The Lost Daughter, was on the West End stage until March in Cabaret, and can now be seen in the horror film Men – so her music is far more nuanced and sophisticated than something dashed off between takes in a trailer.
Anyone who saw her going from Scottish prison to the Nashville country scene in the 2018 film Wild Rose already knows she can sing. Here she generally maintains a muted power reminiscent of Laura Marling’s refined voice, though she also hits some big notes when the music really swells in the later stages of Footnotes on the Map.
