Tori Amos - Ocean to Ocean (2LP)

In spite of the various crises that have occurred since 2017’s Native Invader, Tori Amos has emerged with Ocean to Ocean, her most personal work in years – an album bursting with warmth and connection, with deep roots in her earliest song writing.

Written during the 3rd Lockdown in Cornwall this year, Ocean to Ocean is a universal story of going to rock bottom and renewing yourself all over again.

For a record written within limited surroundings, two things are remarkable – its rich stylistic variation, from tango to wide-screen romance, and the big-heartedness of songs, which run almost like a series of love letters to family both present and absent. It is, in one sense, her most Cornish record yet: the artwork says it all, with Amos shot on the cliffs, and in the caves on the county’s south west shores

1. Addition of Light Divided

2. Speaking with Trees

3. Devil's Bane

4. Swim to New York State

5. Spies 6. Ocean to Ocean

7. Flowers Burn to Gold

8. Metal Water Wood

9. 29 Years

10. How Glass is Made

11. Birthday Baby