Tasmin Archer - A Cauldron of Random Notes [CD]

Cat. no: QDCD9241
Format: CD
Barcode: 5060124010083
Release Date: 12 Sep 2025
Genre: Pop

Tasmin Archer's debut Great Expectations showed that a song's fnal form isn't the whole story and that an artist's best-known work is just a snapshot of wider infuences

The Tracy Chapman and Seal comparisons ft, but the album also held '70s and '80s elements that shouldn't have worked together but did.

Over time, her broader picture has come into focus: Bloom expanded on her debut, ON set the perimeter, and A Cauldron of Random Notes shows she's always been who she hinted she was. Opener "Vibration of Life" blends dubby gospel, surprising chords, and steady humanism, with the rest of the set--"Silent Witness," "Hysteria," "Free Fall," "Boy," "Milan Girl"--reinforcing her love of varied arrangements and careful pacing. 

A Cauldron of Random Notes is not only a rewarding album on its own terms, it increases the rewards of her entire catalogue by showing us the picture she's been assembling this whole time. In her 60s, Tasmin Archer has further illuminated what she was up to in her 20s.

CD Tracks: Vibration of Life / Silent Witness / Round and Round / Hysteria / Free Fall / Boy / Upside Down / Segregation Seeds / Milan Girl / In The Blood / Madame Joy