New to me, Star Anna – full wonderful name Star Anna Constantina Krogste Banford [or Krogstie Bamford, depending on source] - sings/performs a folk rock, on this album at least, and the songs are generally salvaged from indie sensibilities by the raw power of her vocal. She started out playing drums aged 11 and progressed to high school punk bands and now offers up this current Americana, an excellent representation encapsulated by fifth song Mean Kind of Love with piano, acoustic guitar, dobro and male vocal accompaniment. Seventh Power of My Love adds punch with a hollered vocal and layers of female accompaniment, further pugilism from the stabbing music. There are some fashionable vocal affectations in eighth Everything You Know, but this seems an emotive rescue attempt on an otherwise rather indie-lite melody. Ninth Come On Up To The House is better territory for her natural grit, a bluesy honky tonk number, and the album ends on a punk stormer Smoke Signals which I rather mother fucking like, to empathise with the lyrics.
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