The Glasshouse

Honest. Emotional. A lifetime of lessons.

Sometimes we have to leave what we know behind, in order to find ourselves. For British artist Bess Atwell, a spontaneous move to Canada – where she lived for nine months – proved the catalyst for one of her most vividly realised, honest albums to date. Cut a Figure, her fourth record, doesn’t just trace the outlines; it digs deep, as Atwell analyses a lifetime’s worth of relationships, decisions and motivations.

Atwell has long been known for the emotional acuity in her songs, tackling complicated subjects such as family strife, heartache and resentment with astonishing sensitivity. On Cut a Figure, though, she turns the magnifying glass on herself, to discover that her own way of dealing with emotions – perhaps most crucially, with anger – has evolved.

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