i remember Heidi Berry as "another artist on 4AD i should check out one day" in 1992, but never gave a listen. now, 16 years later, i remembered the name, found it on emusic and i'm extremely pleased - the intersection of Joni Mitchell, June Tabor and the Cocteau Twins with a slightly 4ADish mist all around it...but in general much clearer and deeper as their other releases. Yes, the cover is beautiful, and so is the music, that's what 4AD was about isnt it??
"Heidi Berry cut a stark contrast to the prevailing musical mentality of the early '90s -- despite releasing records on both Creation and 4AD, together the leading lights of the shoegazing and dream pop movements, her haunting, luminous folk-inspired sound instead harked back to the work of Sandy Denny and Nick Drake, complete with an earnestness and raw honesty far removed from her irony drenched times."
