This CD is another result of the power of whatever's playing in record shops when I walk in has on me. I heard barely two minutes of this album before asking what it was and then buying it! Anyway, Caroline is a Tokyo born singer/songwriter who'll instantly remind you of a slightly poppier and more focussed Bjork, and more modernly will remind you of Imogen Heap. 'Murmurs' is a really pretty 9-track ambient/electronica album set off by Caroline's fragile, restrained yet thoughtful vocals.
It's definitely an album for this reflective winter that's around us, but thankfully has more than enough soul to avoid chill-out/coffee table status. I've still got quite a soft-spot for well written and haunting songs by female singer/songwriters so I'm a little biased, but even though it's a short album there's plenty here to keep you coming back for more, not least the emotional peaks she so often reaches like on 'I'll Leave My Heart Behind'. Highly recommended stuff.
