After three decades of Portishead and records with Talk Talk’s Rustin Man and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Beth Gibbons releases her debut solo album Lives Outgrown. An instantly identifiable beacon of deep, honest expression, her voice is given free roam over elegant combinations of folk and chamber music: solemn low guitar notes, plucks slithering across the frets, grand gestures of strings. From knocking, thundering drums on ‘Burden Of Life’ to stormy, imposing strums on ‘Rewind’, wild percussive fills frame Gibbons’ strong yet lamenting vocals, telling aching stories on the human condition.