Pewter

A vintage-warm acoustic album for tea time by the rainy window - mellow fingerpicked guitar, soft piano, tender young vocals in a clean warm recording, with light sunny-pop tunes and two little waltzes woven in, following one rainy autumn afternoon from the first grey of the sky to lamplight and rain-sound at home in seventeen songs.

The story begins as she readies her window seat under a pewter sky in "Pewter." The first raindrops bead on the glass in "Beading," Ceylon tea steeps slow in the rainy kitchen in "Ceylon," and the rain taps a light rhythm on the window in "Tapping." A little stream traces its way down the glass in "Rivulet," currant scones go into the oven in "Currant," and the first bite arrives with clotted cream in "Clotted." Then the rain picks up and dances down the lane in the bright waltz "Rainfall," she wipes the fogged glass for a look outside in "Mist," and rainwater runs along the curb with the fallen leaves in "Runnel." The heart of the hour arrives with "Overhang" - sheltering under the eaves, a refuge from the storm. Then a second cup of rooibos in "Rooibos," the rain easing to a whisper in "Softly," a break in the clouds to the west in "Clearing," the wet lane shining at dusk in the slow waltz "Sheen," golden syrup on the last scone in "Treacle," and lamps coming on as rain returns softly around home in "Homebody."

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