Tori Amos – Ocean To Ocean – CD

In spite of the various crises that have occurred since 2017’s Native Invader, Tori Amos has emerged with Ocean to Ocean, her most personal work in years – an album bursting with warmth and connection, with deep roots in her earliest song writing.

Written during the 3rd Lockdown in Cornwall, Ocean to Ocean is a universal story of going to rock bottom and renewing yourself all over again.

For a record written within limited surroundings, two things are remarkable – its rich stylistic variation, from tango to wide-screen romance, and the big-heartedness of songs, which run almost like a series of love letters to family both present and absent. It is, in one sense, her most Cornish record yet: the artwork says it all, with Amos shot on the cliffs, and in the caves on the county’s south west shores.

1 Addition of Light Divided
2 Speaking With Trees
3 Devil’s Bane
4 Swim to New York State
5 Spies
6 Ocean to Ocean
7 Flowers Burn to Gold
8 Metal Water Wood
9 29 Years
10 How Glass Is Made
11 Birthday Baby