Heidi Spencer: Under Streetlight Glow – COMPACT DISCS

2011 release, the third album from the Wisconsin singer, songwriter and filmmaker. Heidi Spencer’s dark, dreamy and deeply emotional music delivers a bracing sensory rush, like a splash of cold water in the face of a dreary hangover. The effect is even more impressive because Spencer’s music is a subtle, layered collage of haunting Folk chord changes and lyrical imagery, a devastating drama played out in hushed voices and off-stage shadows. Bella Union.