You don't have to know

"Stepping out of Lula Wiles for her solo debut, Buckland (...) is exploring entirely new sonic territory, also suspending the political in lieu of singularly personal themes on You Don't Have to Know ... [It] opens powerfully with the first single, Don't Look Down (...) [which finds] Buckland full of worry - but she and [producer Adam] Iredale-Gray have set the angst against an infectious pop melody with a surging beat and chiming guitars. As strange as it may sound, I'm reminded - melodically, rather than vocally - of the late Nanci Griffith, but as if backed by U2 ... I've always enjoyed such happy-sad juxtaposition (...), and it's an approach that works consistently well on You Don't Have to Know. However, in keeping with Buckland's forthright soul-searching and vacillating self-doubt (...), it's the more reflective balladic material that dominates proceedings. Of this style, October and the gorgeous Wishing is Useless are heavy-hearted stunners, the latter being the sparsest of this collection of lushly produced material".

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