Beth Orton "The Ground Above" Glam " and the gorgeous

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the lyrics are conversational

Mike Sabath

Lori McKenna

Though the title track of IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND was indeed his first massive pop hit

Beth Orton "The Ground Above" Glam " and the gorgeousIf 2022s album, Weather Alive, lived underwater, suspended, spectral, and dreamlike, The Ground Above marks a resurfacing. It is Beths most direct and unapologetic music to date; profoundly urgent, embodied, and powered by a newfound strength. Where the previous record unfolded in a post ictal, time out of time dreamscape, The Ground Above finds Orton firmly back on land, taking a giant intake of air. It documents survival, integration, renewal, and