
I started this review with a little trepidation. While I love Anaïs Mitchell and am practically an Anaïs completest/stalker; I was worried the this record might be a letdown. Sometimes it's that 5th (or 4th or 6th) record where you might notice a dropoff. Maybe an artist has said all she needs to say, or becomes musically stagnant or unnecessarily experimental. That's often the time an artist puts out the special guest record or the duets record or the inevitable children's lullabies record or the covers project (I could go on and on). But I [...]