Billie Marten Dog Eared 180g LP

Recorded with producer Phil Weinrobe (Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Laura Veirs) at his Sugar Mountain studio, alongside an all-star cast of musicians, Billie Marten's fifth studio album, Dog Eared, is a warm, rich and textured record that bristles with confidence and self-belief, with Billie already approaching the prolificacy of a "lifer" with so much life left to live. It's a left turn from her previous recordings, albeit a subtle one, taken with a deftness of touch. With Dog Eared, Billie calmly posits herself at the top of the tree of not just British contemporary folk artists, but with British songwriters at large.

[Opening track] 'Feeling' infuses her folk-pop stylings with immersive texture and a contagious momentum. It's both gorgeously graceful and head-bob catchy.