Confessions of a Romance Novelist

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Confessions of a Romance Novelist
Studio album by
The Anchoress
ReleasedJanuary 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)
GenreIndie rock
The Anchoress chronology
One for Sorrow
(2014) 		Confessions of a Romance Novelist
(2016) 		The Art of Losing
(2021)

Confessions of a Romance Novelist is the debut album from The Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies. Released on 15 January 2016, the album received a favourable critique from The Guardian.[1]

The album was named amongst the Guardian critics’ Albums of the Year, won HMV's Welsh Album of the Year, Best Newcomer at the PROG awards, and a nomination for Welsh Music Prize.[2][3][4]

Mojo described Davies as being in possession of "a devastatingly powerful voice".[5] The Observer called it "a blackly witty break up album...compelling", while PROG magazine described the record as "Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love updated for the 21st century".[6]

On the album, Catherine plays a variety of instruments, including piano, guitar, flute, omnichord, mellotron, wurlitzer, glockenspiel, and celeste, as well as sampling church bells, and an orchestra of typewriters.[7]

Track listing[]

  1. "Long Year"
  2. "What Goes Around"
  3. "Doesn't Kill You"
  4. "You and Only You" (featuring Paul Draper)
  5. "One for Sorrow"
  6. "P.S. Fuck You"
  7. "Popular"
  8. "Bury Me"
  9. "Intermission (Notes to the Editor)"
  10. "Waiting to Breathe"
  11. "Chip on Your Shoulder"
  12. "Confessions of a Romance Novelist"
  13. "Rivers of Ice" (Simple Minds cover)

References[]

  1. ^ Mackay, Emily (17 January 2016). "The Anchoress: Confessions of a Romance Novelist review – a rich and complex debut". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ "The best albums and tracks of 2016: how our writers voted". The Guardian. 2016-12-20. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  3. ^ "Prog Awards 2016: the winners in full". Prog. 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  4. ^ "The Anchoress joins nominees for Welsh Music Prize". Nme.com. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. ^ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". Pressreader.com. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  6. ^ "Limelight: The Anchoress". Prog. 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  7. ^ "The Anchoress". Bowers-wilkins.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-08.



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