The most ambitious of dance pop artists, a master of the locked groove the Irish-born former singer of Moloko frustrates as often as she exhilarates. After recording Overpowered, by any definition a classic, she released two follow-ups whose slower tempos hobbled her melodic instincts as well as they demonstrated her attention to detail. Last year’s Róisín Machine might be her idea of a sop; if so, more, please. Her appetites and curiosity are one. “When she memorializes a Narcissus, it’s clear she admires his self-love. No folkie has tried that trick,” I wrote last year.
1. You Know Me Better
2. Jealousy
3. If We’re in Love
4. Murphy’s Law
5. Movie Star
6. Leaving the City
7. House of Glass
8. Overpowered
9. Gone Fishing
10. Incapable
11. Familiar Feeling (Moloko)
12. Hairless Toys (Gotta Hurt)
13. Sing It Back (Moloko)
Humanizing The Vacuum 