Ross Clelland, Journalist

'They didn’t think it was good enough to go on the record in the first place. Make of that what you will.'

"There's a bigger - perhaps more open - approach to the songs here while retaining their confessional candour."

"It’s polished and assured dance pop, without making her generic to that form."

"If you doubt Mavis Staples is still relevant, next time you hear her will be on the new Gorillaz album. Respect."

Take your pick.

'This year has seen an almost deliberately lower profile, possibly to recover from that period where the world went double-mad-with-cheese for her.'

"'The Fire Turns To Embers' is a life ebbing away, a fitting farewell note to Carswell's passing."

An 'even more electronic edge to his still soulful brand of dancefloor heartbreak'.