Mara Carlyle: Floreat – review

(Ancient and Modern)Shropshire-born Mara Carlyle's second album has a tumultuous history lurking behind its stately songcraft. Originally shelved by EMI in 2008, Carlyle had all but given up on getting it released when Ikea used her song Pianni on one of their adverts. Originally titled Nuzzle, the album now arrives under the the much more appropriate Floreat, a latin word meaning "let her bloom". And bloom she has, taking her debut's DIY ethos (Carlyle wrote and arranged this album, while Hot C...

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