Kasey Chambers - Wayward Angel

In early 2004, Kasey Chambers announced to the world that she was naming her third album Wayward Angel - and this title, for the
follow-up to 2002's Barricades & Brickwalls, instantly felt like a
natural fit. Wayward Angel is a self-referential moniker which sums up the sugar'n'spice of this most singular Australian performer - a choice of phrase which cups in its hand Kasey's past, present and future and which, importantly, puts her sense of herself right up front.

A little bit gritty, partly born of tradition, partly of the times. More than a little bit country, with a healthy dose of rock & roll. Wayward Angel, as ever with Chambers' work, is a songwriter's album. Sure there are hits, in the same way that "Not Pretty Enough" proved the breakthrough on Barricades. (Chief amongst them here are songs like "Stronger", "Bluebird" and "Hollywood".) But Wayward Angel is a honed statement - a true album which also manages plenty of light and shade, moving effortlessly through Kasey's maturing moods.

"I think I'm much more of an album artist, rather than having big radio songs," says the singer/songwriter. "I think that's what's allowed me to build [an audience] up til now, and that's the way we're going with this album too."

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