Album Review: Airling - Love Gracefully

Through her Airling moniker, Hannah Shepherd delivers on the promise that her former band Charlie Mayfair, though a popular live act, never reached on record.

Love Gracefully is intimate, lovely and beautifully restrained. This is late night music, with sparse loops and affecting vocals. First single The Runner has some ‘90s chill-out mix electronica vibes, propelled by Shepherd’s voice and aided by an ambient mix.

Throughout Love Gracefully – particularly on delicate and sparse closer Ouroboros – you feel that Shepherd is holding something back emotionally, which gives the record a sense of wistful, guarded dignity and leaves you wanting more.