Overcast

A vintage-warm acoustic album for a little window café afternoon in autumn - mellow fingerpicked guitar, soft piano, tender young vocals, a whisper of vinyl crackle, with light sunny-pop tunes and two little waltzes woven in, following one unhurried afternoon by the window from setting the seat to a goodnight wave in seventeen songs.

The story begins as she readies her window seat under an overcast sky in "Overcast." She wipes the glass until the autumn colors turn crisp in "Pane," measures Darjeeling leaves into the pot in "Darjeeling," stirs in a teaspoon of sugar for the first cup in "Teaspoon," and sets shell-shaped madeleines on a plate in "Madeleine." Fallen leaves drift down the street in "Outside," a gust spins them into a bright little waltz in "Gust," and the sky opens wide past rooftops and chimneys in "Rooftop." Then comes the quiet luxury of simply watching in "Watching," a leaf tumbling across the windowpane in "Tumble," and the heart of the hour in "Glimpse" - lifting her eyes to the far hills. Afternoon light slants golden through the glass in "Slant," a second cup of Assam gets its cloud of milk in "Assam," the little lamb hops onto the window chair in "Perch," curtains sway in a slow dusk waltz in "Drape," supper smoke rises from the chimney across the street in "Chimney," and one last wave to the window closes the day in "Waving."

Each track carries just a drop of quiet grace, making this the perfect soundtrack for autumn tea time, window-side afternoons, and slow overcast days at home.