Another prodigiously talented female solo artist whose idiosyncratic and unique vision is beautifully showcased on this, her third album. Following on from 2009’s lauded Actor this record retains a charm and personality which made its predecessor so enjoyable. The title track ‘Strange Mercy’, with its threat to the “dirty policeman who roughed you up”, is the kind of offbeat ballad in which Annie Clark has always excelled, and gloriously self-confident opener ‘Chloe in the Afternoon’ is all over the shop in the best possible way. Inventive, unique and as wonderfully strange as the record’s title implies.
[etRating value=“ 4”]
[etRating value=“ 4”]
