Juliana Hatfield: “Universal Heartbeat” (eastwest)

There are two single releases out at the moment from the world’s most famous female virgin (Morrissey used to be the most renowned male virgin!). One is a sampler of the forthcoming album and is called ‘Only Everything’. It too features the single proper, ‘Universal Heartbeat’, Juliana’s latest statement on the human love agenda of faith and faithlessness. “A heart that hurts is a heart that works,” she wisely refrains. A darker than hitherto heard Hatfield.