And time, as well as mortality, is a theme which dominates the forthcoming album, the wonderfully named If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous, as are a number of current political hot topics but rather than a fired up reaction to the issues, the music follows her maxim that “Sometimes the way to fix a problem is to turn the pressure off” something that more of us should take to heart in these heated times.
The Tug of The Moon is Mc Quaid at her most brilliant, saying so much with space and atmosphere, letting the pauses between the words and the gaps between the notes become as an affective weapon, but more than anything else, no matter how deft the writing, how finely wrought the playing, it is her majestic yet understated voice that steals the scene.
