Caroline Spence may not be a household name, but, for those in the know, a new album is always cause for celebration. Her four full-length albums are littered with absolutely glorious melodies, earworm choruses, sympathetic instrumental backing and unfailingly relatable lyrics, all sung in one of the most distinctive voices around, a sweetly expressive soprano with a ‘catch’ in it that Spence uses sparingly, not for effect but to express emotion in her songs.
That perfect summation of Spence’s output to date can now be applied, rather conveniently, to the new album Heart Go Wild. The press release promises an expansion of her sound, something that pushes past Spence’s firmly established folk foundations into something more adventurous…