Description
Most musicians go through their entire career without looking back over their shoulders. In Eleanor McEvoy’s case, her most recent releases have entailed scrutinising her past.
After 2014’s odds ‘n’ ends compilation Stuff, this collection sees the Dubliner stripping songs from her catalogue to their barest bones and re-recording them with just voice and guitar (and on occasion, keyboards and minimal percussion).
It’s a beautifully successful venture; McEvoy’s distinctive voice is charged with a newfound experience on the likes of 1999’s Please Heart, You’re Killing Me and Look Like Me, while an a cappella telling of The DJ is wonderfully impressive and moving.
