Invisible Ones - Orenda Fink

There is a huge hole in the music industry and it's Kate Bush shaped - even in spite if her recent prolific output (by her standards anyway). An album every five years - I just don't know how she finds the time!

Anyway devotees have to resign themselves to seeking out similar experiences whilst Ms Bush puts the finishing touches to her latest masterpiece. Alternatives? Well this used to involve either relying upon word-of-mouth, talking critics advice or happening upon a song on the radio. Not anymore. Now it's just a quick link away. Now by just typing the words 'Kate Bush' into Last.fm or Spotify you are immediately presented with similar sounding artists. Brilliant. But not always accurate. I have listened to some real dross in my search for the next Kate Bush; warblers, crooners, the bland and the ordinary. It really is a needle in the haystack task - it seems that any new female singer-songwriter is immediately tagged with the 'New Kate Bush' ...errr.... tag. 

But not all recommendations are awful. This record by Orenda Fink comes very close to the mark. In turns quirky, interesting, dark and poppy. It's as if Kate Bush had a younger but equally adventurous sister. And that can't be a bad thing.