The Lovely

Mara Carlyle, singer-songwriter and saw player extraordinaire, cut her teeth singing her way through church music, bluegrass, music hall, indie rock, opera and electronica. Her beautiful collaborations with techno innovators Plaid (released on Warp) were followed by a guest appearance on The Matthew Herbert Big Band’s Goodbye Swingtime album in 2003. The Lovely is her debut album as a solo artist, a selection of bitter-sweet songs about love, death, courage and murder (songs born on nightshifts in hospitals and hostels). Dark tales sung with a smile...