Confessions of a Romance Novelist is the debut album from The Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies. Released on 15 January 2016, the album received a favourable critique from The Guardian.[1]
The album was named amongst the Guardian critics' Albums of the Year, won HMV's Welsh Album of the Year, Best Newcomer at the PROG awards, and a nomination for Welsh Music Prize.[2][3][4]
Mojo described Davies as being in possession of "a devastatingly powerful voice".[5]The Observer called it "a blackly witty break up album...compelling", while PROG magazine described the record as "Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love updated for the 21st century".[6]
On the album, Catherine plays a variety of instruments, including piano, guitar, flute, omnichord, mellotron, wurlitzer, glockenspiel, and celeste, as well as sampling church bells, and an orchestra of typewriters.[7]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Catherine Anne Davies and Paul Draper; except where noted.
