KT Tunstall - Kin album review: a pop-rock turn towards the middle of the road

Three years after almost giving it all up to write music for movies, KT Tunstall has rediscovered her love of pop. The Scot's sixth album is a departure from the melancholy, bare-boned folk of her last (double) album, Invisible Empire/Crescent Moon, but that's not necessarily a good thing.

By surrendering the softer, sparser elements to pop-rock numbers such as the forgettable Turned a Light On and the bland Two Way (the latter a duet with the insipid James Bay), Tunstall has lost some of her va-va-voom – though the finger-clicking strut of Evil Eye is an improvement.

She recaptures some of the magic on the title track and the soft, acoustic-led On My Star – songs that showcase her best qualities, regardless of their radio-friendliness or commercial viability.

[ kttunstall.com ]