Beth Orton: Sugaring Season
Dec 11th, 2012 by dcronin
“[T]he album unleashes a kind of churning, rumbling urgency in which intensity stands in for speed. Ornate but not wispy, these songs aren’t merely pretty; they also convey power that builds subtly. Sugaring Season waits until its closer, ‘Mystery,’ to really dial back to something entirely gentle and spare. When that song finally rolls around, it hits one of the prettiest, sweetest, most agreeable notes of Orton’s pretty, sweet, agreeable career.” –NPR Music