News ASTRA - WHERE YOU REST - Written when she was 19 and recorded live over two days, Where You Rest, the debut album by Brighton singer-songwriter Astra, is available on Isolation Recordings (isolation 09). Where You Rest is packaged as a limited-edition digipak with a twelve-page booklet of Astra's lyrics/artwork.
Astra, who has been beguiling Brighton audiences for the past couple of years, catalogues what she describes as "wanderings of love, longing and loss" in a mesmeric voice, by turns vulnerable and dreamy, powerful and direct.
These poignant portraits are complemented beautifully by spare, precise arrangements. Abi Fry (British Sea Power, Bat For Lashes) plays viola on all but one of the eight tracks: sometimes playfully underscoring the vocals; sometimes soaring, sometimes brooding, occasionally breaking down into dissonance. On piano, Dave Hickson adds delicate sketchy motifs and hammered tattoos, perfectly fitting the mood of the songs, while acoustic guitar from Astra underpins the overall sound.
With an acoustic sound that has been compared to Beth Gibbons, Joni Mitchell and the autumnal Englishness of Nick Drake, Astra brings unflinching honesty to her songs.
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