KT Tunstall: CD review

KT Tunstall became famous playing rootsy acoustic pop, but she has created what she's calling "nature techno" for this inventive follow-up to 2007's Drastic Fantastic, which merges her raspy folk with free-spirited campfire rhythms. Opener Uummannaq captures this shift in style with simmering snake rattles, a tribal-cry hook and a thunderclap beat, which is taken up again on the pulsing dance chorus of Lost. Seasick Steve adds a broody hum of guitar on Golden Frames and there's a bluesy feel in the driven twang of Push That Knot Away. The sweetly reflective first single (Still a) Weirdo – and the uptempo, chime-sprinkled Fade Like a Shadow – affirm Tunstall's skill at penning catchy yet credible pop hits. It's introspective in places, but mostly Tiger Suit is fierce, claws-out fun.