Album Review: Lisa Miller - Meet The Misses

This album sees Lisa Miller reinterpreting some of her back catalogue with Shane O'Mara at her side on guitar and general moral support. As with all her albums there is that gentle Mazzy Star element and an array of intimate lyrical musings. Miller goes about the process with a quiet, subtle attitude that belies her attitude and focus. Meet The Misses doesn't set the world on fire but it does reflect fortitude and an ability to top her previous best.

Having lost the rights to two of her previous albums, she has re-recorded tracks that are obviously close to her heart. Rule #1 is a luscious opener with O' Mara mastering the acoustic guitars and creating a dense background. Safe As Houses is also a witty track that is thematic for the whole album with its twists of irony. While younger singers tend to dramaticise their voices in the current folk tradition, Miller lets her vocals glide along in the most casual of ways. There is no pretence in her delivery.

The album that really captured her moment in time was the Car Tape album, which was both user friendly and an interesting enough take on covers to be noticed. Meet The Misses, which refocuses on the first two albums, is a tribute to the strength of her own writing. Obviously, the album works as a paean to herself as she is now able to look at that early creative period and see that justice is done to her songs.