The Orange Glow, the latest album from Elizabeth Le Fey, or Globelamp to use her stage name, is a fascinating piece of work. It is an uncompromising and often brutal musing on an abusive relationship, the imbalance that still exists in the way the world perceives the two genders, and the difficulty in both having your story heard, and having it believed.
The Orange Glow seemed an album that existed outside of musical trends, influenced as much by the psych-folk explorations of Pentangle or Vashti Bunyan as it was by any of her contemporaries. Musically, it is a record that slowly unveils itself to the listener, the production never short of stunning, cleverly layering fascinating vocal melodies atop the often skeletal backings of an easily strummed guitar, twinkling piano and percussion that drifted in and out of earshot. An emotive, powerful and sometimes harrowing album, The Orange Glow suggests Globelamp is both a survivor and a musician with a huge future ahead of her.
The Fat Angel Sings 