All the whimsy in the world (try saying her band's name out loud without a wince) can't distract from the straight-up gorgeousness of Beth Jeans Houghton's unorthodox folk. This debut LP is lit up by an imagination as huge and outlandish as her onstage wigs and it makes for songs that bloom: "Dodacahedron" begins plinky-plonky, then multiplies with strings, voices and harmony into something suitably multidimensional and many-faced. Elsewhere are exquisitely incongruous melodies for the subject matter - she's said "Nightswimmer" is about a sweaty sleeper but her lilting voice makes it, and everything else, sound enchanting.
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Date: February 5, 2012
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