Nordic strummer Ane Brun has been toiling away for years. But her first real breakthrough came with her cover of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘True Colours’, featured prominently in a Sky TV commercial. Recorded in Stockholm with Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bjork, Cocorosie, Sigur Ros) her new album is spacious and beautiful – but with moments that may startle you. There’s a wintry sensibility here, which one is tempted to ascribe to her childhood in Norway’s frozen north. I suggest you wrap up, close your eyes and enjoy the epic musical vistas Brun has created.

Key Track: 'Ten Seconds'