Day Glo, the third track on Kristin’s new album Learn To Sing Like A Star gives the first clues as to where Kristin’s going with this album. There are the usual strummed guitar lines, but this time they’re sharp, clinically clangy, whilst the rest of the arrangement merges beautifully: strings, guitars, drums and backing vocals.

In past albums, I’ve always been able to detect the Throwing Muses paths, and Kristin as a solo artist. This album takes the experiences of 50 Foot Wave, and effectively drops Throwing Muses from the influences, building a sound which is strikingly different yet familiar from the previous albums of old.

Can I whisper the word: songs? Or, rather, can I whisper the song title Dizzy?

You see.. Kristin’s always been able to write Songs. Now she’s written a whole album of them.