Album Review: Melody Pool - Deep Dark Savage Heart

Confessional and emotional songwriting often falls into the trap of the overwrought, yet Melody Pool always seems to have the musical intuition to avoid that pitfall.

Following on from 2013's The Hurting Scene, Pool takes affairs of the heart and malaise of the mind and cuts them wide open with an unflinching and honest approach. Her musical palette has been expanded to take in soulful blues, electronic moods and a greater textural depth compared to her earlier, folkier recordings. Pool's voice portrays righteous anger, vulnerability and sweet melancholy with a rich and sultry glow that pulls the listener right into the centre of both the pain and victories of her songs.