Album Review: Katie Noonan - Fierce Hearts

Katie Noonan's ethereal voice will take you places transcendent of our physical and tangible world, to somewhere out of a dream. Fierce Hearts, filled with Noonan's high standard of poetic lyricism and classically beautiful voice, is quite a remarkable listen, yet keeps you on your toes with her odd vocal twists, resembling those of Kate Miller-Heidke. The solely instrumental and refreshing interludes bridge the gaps in Noonan's story, and add an unequivocal purity and virtue that is mesmerising. An intriguingly complex album, Fierce Hearts flawlessly marries a peculiar couple: orchestral string arrangements teamed with the simplistic, Huck Finn inspired plucks of Americana banjo, brought together by Noonan's equally quirky voice.