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Review: American avant torch singer Little Annie collects over four decades of collaborative drift on this unusually cohesive set, pairing with Marc Almond, Coil, Swans, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and others. The project balances Annie's broken-glamour vocal intimacy with the distinct language of each guest - from the choral unease of 'Some Things We Do' to the fragile synth-shadow of 'Things Happen'. 'Yesterday When I Was Young', recorded with Almond, is gorgeously undone, while Kid Congo powers 'The Weather The War' into a ghostly blues lurch. Two tracks with pianist Paul Wallfisch - 'The Soul Of August' and 'Isle Of Weeping Ladies' - find Annie at her most elegiac. What binds these pieces is mood: weary, smoke-curled, and cracked with grace. Mastered by Martin Siewert and wrapped in Little Annie's own paintings, the collection captures a singular voice moving through a lifetime of subcultural sound without ever retreating into pastiche or posturing.