Imogen Heap‘s last album Speak for Yourself immediately lodged itself into my list of top favorites, and her new release Ellipse is headed right up there with it.
She continues to builds songs in clean layers of instruments and vocals with crisp, clear production.
Like Speak for Yourself, every track is different from another and hard to pigeonhole into a particular genre. There’s Earth- a great semi-acapella piece driven by pizzicato vocals and counterpoint and Little Bird- electronic arrpegios under building layers of vocal harmonies.
Swoon- Roll up pop goodness, with a touch of Siouxsie and a theremin thrown in for good measure.
Aha! is like what you’d get if Danny Elfman had written a track for Sarah McLachlan’s first album and “Bad Body Double” may have the catchiest chorus ever.
If you liked “Speak for yourself” you’ll like “Ellipse”… Then again, if you liked “Speak for Yourself” you’ve probably been waiting for this release anxiously. It doesn’t dissapoint.