[[clare-bowditch-rev]]All at once a great woman and an excellent songwriter, Clare Bowditch has woven her personal search for happiness into an album that extracts emotions from the listener without resorting to any kind of spiritual hypnosis (I assume, anyway – I haven’t played it backwards yet). Fans of television’s Offspring may have heard the luscious ‘You Make Me Happy’ and held on to their favourite person with glee, but for the rest of us, curl up with this elegant pop-whimsy record and listen as Bowditch’s voice, full as a day of sun, weaves her story for you.

[[fiona-hardy-pic]]Fiona Hardy