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. 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. Mojo described Davies as being in possession of “a devastatingly powerful voice”. 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”. 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.
Tracklisting
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| A1 | Long Year |
| A2 | What Goes Around |
| A3 | Doesn’t Kill You |
| A4 | You And Only You |
| B1 | One For Sorrow |
| B2 | P.S. Fuck You |
| B3 | Popular |
| B4 | Bury Me |
| C1 | Intermission (Notes To The Editor) |
| C2 | Waiting To Breathe |
| C3 | Chip On Your Shoulder |
| C4 | Confessions Of A Romance Novelist |
| D1 | You And Only You (Acoustic Version) |
| D2 | Bury Me ( Acoustic Version ) |
| D3 | Long Year (Acoustic Version) |
| D4 | Popular (Acoustic Version) |
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Release Information
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_a_Romance_Novelist |
| Format | 2× Vinyl LP, Album |
| Label | Kscope |
| Catalog Number | KSCOPE920 |
| Notes | Sticker in front says: 2LP Gatefold 180g VINYL with Download Code “A rich and complex debut. A blackly witty breakup album … compelling.” THE OBSERVER “Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love … updated for the 21st century.” PROG “Karen Carpenter singing John Grant.” UNCUT “Fascinating” SUNDAY TIMES **** MOJO includes 4 new bonus acoustic tracks. kscope920 kscopemusic.com/theanchoress |
| Discogs URL | The Anchoress - Confessions Of A Romance Novelist |