new Tracey Thorn - Everything But The Girl

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After a long absence Tracey Thorn, one half of Everything But The Girl, has released a solo album, Out Of The Woods.
Being a huge EBTG fan I am thrilled. The album features a variety of patented EBTG styles. Both her myspace site and traceythorn.com feature a chance to listen to the music as well as see her new video.

Here is a portion of an review that can be read in it's entirety on pitchforkmedia.com

It's been a while since anyone's heard from Everything But the Girl's Tracey Thorn. In fact, it's been nearly a decade since Everything But the Girl's 1999 Temperamental, after which the duo went on extended hiatus and, perhaps more accurately, singer Thorn went on extended maternity leave. Sure, there was an EBTG best-of, and Thorn (with her longtime partner Ben Watt) curated a Back to Mine comp. But no one had heard a freshly recorded peep from Thorn until she resurfaced singing with Tiefschwarz on their 2006 Fabric mix.
In a sense Thorn was fortunate that few outside the rabidly faithful were clamoring for a comeback, as the greatest advantage of making an album no one expected is that you're able to make an album free from expectations. That's a benefit most veterans would kill for, and at least initially Thorn takes advantage of the clean slate. The opener "Here It Comes Again" is a gorgeously pastoral piece of chamber folk that does justice to Thorn's evocative lyrics. "The sun coming through the rain is more precious than God," she sings, and if you close your eyes and sit still for a bit, that image comes across perfectly clear through the mix of English countryside melancholy and heavenly beauty.