The reissue of Cantrellโ€™s 2000 debut is timely following the critical success of last yearโ€™s When The Roses Bloom Again, and a major US tour with Elvis Costello. John Peel deemed this his โ€œfavourite record of the last 10 years and possibly my lifeโ€, while Costello describes her sound as โ€œif Kitty Wells made Rubber Soulโ€. Nashville-bred, NYC-based Cantrell is steeped in country and bluegrass, but brings a strident grace all her own. Set atop guitars both acoustic and twangy?and soft squeals of steel?her voice is cut-glass pure. Like Wells and the McGarrigle sisters before her, she forgoes the traditional hick-in-throat approach for a sound like crushed ice slowly melting.