Tift Merritt released her first five studio albums at a clip of about one every other year, providing plenty of new material for ardent fans like me.

That made the five-year wait between 2012’s Traveling Alone and 2017’s Stitch of the World tough to endure, and it boosted my anticipation for this album enough to warrant the track-by-track treatment.

This thoughtful, earthy collection was well worth the wait.

1. ‘Dusty Old Man’
   
2. ‘Heartache is an Uphill Climb’
   
3. ‘My Boat’
   
4. ‘Love Soldiers On’
   
5. ‘Stitch of the World’
   
6. ‘Icarus’
   
7. ‘Proclamation Bones’
   
8. ‘Something Came Over Me’
   
9. ‘Eastern Light’
   
10. ‘Wait For Me’