KIDSTICKS clear vinyl Peter Jordan (bass)

Peter Jordan (bass)

While the standards album seems to be a staple of the later careers of established pop and rock stars (Rod Stewart turned it in to his own cottage industry in the late 1990s/early 2000s)

Hard to stack up to the wonder years this far into their career

Bertis Downs

and Ben Tench provide a solid musical bed for songs largely populated by female protagonists

KIDSTICKS clear vinyl Peter Jordan (bass)When Beth Orton released Sugaring Season in 2012, she had moved as far as possible from her "folktronica" origins. She'd taken guitar lessons from Bert Jansch, written more formally conventional songs, and used an organic all star studio band that included Brian Blade, Eyvind Kang, and Rob Burger, with string arrangements by Nico Muhly. Four years on, she's completely re embraced technology. Kidsticks doesn't reflect the synthesis of folk and