Rozi Plain: Prize review – a thicket of riddles and gently warped folk

Rozi Plain: Prize review – a thicket of riddles and gently warped folk

Plain leans into her eccentricities and goes far beyond the cotton-soft ambience of previous albums on her fifth

Rozi Plain
A document of evolution … Rozi Plain Photograph: Yoshino Shigihara

Listening to Rozi Plain is like searching for shapes in the clouds. In her mirage-like lyrics and mix of gently warped folk and nomadic jazz, you can stumble on moments of sharp recognition. A former art student, Plain is a longtime member of Kate Stables’ luminous folk band This Is the Kit and a fixture of the Cleaner Records collective, which she founded with fellow folk artist Rachael Dadd. All the while, she has nurtured her own ambitions. Prize, her fifth record, is a document of her evolution over the past 15 years, and, with its sprawling supporting cast, a tribute to the collective spirit that has defined her career.

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