Two years ago, Carla J. Easton co-directed and narrated Since Yesterday, a documentary examining 60 years of all-girl bands in Scotland. You can tell, too; her latest album plays like a paean to the effervescent pop of the likes of Strawberry Switchblade, His Latest Flame and The Twinsets. There are more contemporary influences, too, with Alvvays – Easton’s one-time shipmates on Belle & Sebastian’s Boaty Weekender – hanging particularly heavy over this sparkling set of guitar-pop songs, which are made all the more impressive when you consider that Easton learned to play the guitar specifically for this record.
There is real depth and variety on I Think That I Might Love You, which runs the gamut from the glam-pop stomp of…