Brought up in Australia but now living in the UK, Emily Barker has a gift for great melodies and Americana-influenced songs, ranging from the chugging country-rock of the title track to the melodic ballad Sleeping Horses or the harmonica-driven Ghost Narrative, with its echoes of Neil Young. Her latest album is released by a label that prides itself on audio quality, and her producer is Calum Malcolm from Blue Nile. No surprise, then, that this should be a classy, lush production, helped by some fine accordion and fiddle work from her band. It's all very pleasant, but the quality of her storytelling gets lost. A Spadeful of Ground, on the plight of Aboriginals, or Letters, a war memoir, deserve a more considered, less easygoing approach.