Head above the water

"The Irish folk singer's third album fills out her sound to incorporate elements of jazz, country rock, slowcore, and psychedelia".

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"As on Power's previous albums, there is a delicious tension between the ethereal succour offered by her voice and the turmoil these thrumming songs are processing. Often, wordless emoting is the only solution; Power's tones flow like starlings above her mantric guitar and that of her partner and collaborator Peter Broderick. A small group of additional musicians joins them, bringing flutes and bouzoukis; Scottish folk singer Alasdair Roberts co-produces too. Every so often, this music itself will take flight, as it does so beautifully on I Was Named After You".

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"A remarkable Irish singer emerges from filigree and shadow: The atmosphere is ethereal, the voice (...) supernatural and transporting, but it's conversational, too; as if a siren just called up to share her problems and small victories on Zoom ... Her [early] records were mostly minimal, based around an idolent guitarstrum or hesitant piano, with discreet accompaniment from Peter Broderick, her producer and partner. For "Head Above The Water", though, the sound has been filled out with a group assembled by the fine Scottish folk musician Alasdair Roberts ... On the likes of "Wedding Of A Friend", the burnished folk rock accentuates the intimacy of Power's voice and her writing".