On January 15, 2016, “Kscope” label released “Confessions of a Romance Novelist”, the debut Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Catherine Anne Davies and Paul Draper. The album won HMV’s “Welsh Album of the Year”, “Best Newcomer” at the PROG awards.

Personnel:

• Catherine Anne Davies – vocals, piano, guitar, flute, omnichord, mellotron, wurlitzer, glockenspiel, celeste, sampling church bells, orchestra of typewriters
• Paul Draper – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Catherine Anne Davies, except where noted.

1. Long Year
2. What Goes Around
3. Doesn’t Kill You
4. You and Only You
5. One for Sorrow
6. S. Fuck You
7. Popular
8. Bury Me
9. Intermission (Notes to the Editor)
10. Waiting to Breathe
11. Chip on Your Shoulder
12. Confessions of a Romance Novelist
13. Rivers of Ice – Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Iain Maclachlan