There’s a touch of the throwback about Louise Patricia Crane. Such a term is frequently used as a snide weapon of criticism, but Crane is a cerebral retreat to an era of Dylans and Mitchells where musicians readily purged personal trauma with soulful music to match. She possesses an honest fragility that provokes thought, without ever venturing into the mawkish world of oversharing or mere attention-seeking, in the current era of talent-compromised self-promoters.
Crane’s work with dark proggers The Eden House led to her recording a solo album, 2020’s The Deep Blue, which was unanimously lauded for its ambition. Given such palpable talent, it comes as quite a surprise to learn of her peculiar lack of self-confidence.
“I felt like I had things that I wanted to say and I had musical interests and influences thatquite a leap forward in terms of self-confidence. That was the moment when I thought maybe I could do this.
