Fire & fortune

"The new generation [is] finding fresh ways to interact and revive the [duo] format ... I'm particularly taken with the mellow mournfulness of Josienne Clarke's voice and if there's a fear of being smothered by the unremittingly lachrymose mood, it is offset by the fragile beauty of Walker's deft guitar (...) and some gorgeous violin and cello parts (...) that lift the album way beyond its predecessor, The Seas Are Deep ... It's the original material that really marks their card. The sorrow and bitterness exuded by After Me and Anyone But Me seeps almost imperceptibly into your psyche, while the more countrified approach of A Pauper And A Poet and the gospel-infused title track suggest a partnership evolving and developing at a rapid rate".