Full Moon. Half Moon. Total Ellipse.

Imogen Heap has put her entire new album, 'Ellipse', up for preview. The follow-up to her breakthrough record, 'Speak For Yourself', has been a long time coming, as anyone who has followed her series of vblogs charting its evolution will surely know.

I always think it's a good indicator of an artist's confidence in their material when they're prepared to let you sample the goods before you decide whether or not to invest.


On first listen, it sounds different enough from her older material to keep her loyal fanbase interested although perhaps not radical enough a departure to win over many new converts. I particularly like 'Canvas', 'Tidal', '2 - 1' and (for its utter ridiculousness) 'Bad Body Double'.