Weather Alive

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  2022

  James

  Beth Orton returns with an album that feels patient, weathered, and emotionally clear-eyed. The arrangements are spacious and subtly experimental, blending folk songwriting with ambient textures and drifting improvisational elements. Orton’s voice carries exhaustion and resilience simultaneously. The songs unfold slowly, allowing emotional complexity to emerge gradually instead of through dramatic climaxes. The record feels deeply comfortable with ambiguity and aging. It’s one of her richest and most quietly rewarding albums.

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  Bubbling

  Darby Dixon III