Pretty warnings

"A mesmerising, exquisite album which succeeds in mixing sometimes delicate, always thoughtful, image-laden originals with fresh, innovative re-workings of songs from the traditional folk canon. If Lucy was a painter, she would be Van Gogh - like every single brush-stroke each of her lines carry passion, neither one word too many nor one too few, every note has its place in the composition, painstakingly selected, the listener is drawn in, engaged and emotionally challenged/affected. A gorgeous, atmospheric offering of the highest calibre".

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"Derbyshire's own Betty Beetroot, Lucy Ward is back to thrill the folk massif with her long awaited new work ... We'd used the word sublime to describe the superb work of Ben Savage and Hannah Sanders on their Awake album a few weeks back. Pretty Warnings is very much in the same bracket, taking up the gauntlet and delivering a transcendent and enthralling experience. Not a wasted note, not a dull moment. It's not often you can say that".

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"Lucy's fourth studio album not only possesses a title aptly sighposting its subject matter, but also further proves her special ability to totally inhabit any song, whether self-penned or traditional. It also evidences her distntive song-writing style, whose perceptive maturity gives a fresh spin to traditional forms and tales ... 'Pretty Warnings' is a magnificent album: spellbinding, emotionally compelling and acutely understanding".