Stephanie Crase has spent her fair share keeping time for Batrider, but as Summer Flake she steps out from behind the drums and shows her ingenuity at creating slow-burning guitar pop jams awash with wistful chagrin and weary acceptance. The haunting Die Trying is buoyed by a frantic guitar implosion, whilst the squalling breakdown on Just Fine stirs the emotions. Crase's vocals are soft, worn, yet defiant – and on songs like Blue and Naked Or Nude, she shows a canny familiarity around pop conventions too. Crase really can have it all.
