Although ‘Unsettled Down’ may be Canadian Levandoski’s debut release, this album of folk/country songs is a fully rounded and accomplished collection.
The tracks are mainly acoustic guitar based with traditional accompaniment of bass, drums, violin and occasional pedal steel. The straight-forward arrangements serve the songs well as the interplay between the instrumentation and vocals is striking and creates a sense of drama and dynamics that really highlights the strong lyrics.
As you’d expect from a roots themed singer/songwriter disc, the songs have a slight downbeat feel with stories of unrequited love, loss and soul searching setting the overall theme of the disc, but far from being run-of-the-mill singer/songwriter fare, the songs are well written, distinct and compelling stories.
Her vocals are the immediate standout, they’re both confident and fragile, and the perfect vehicle for this style of song – the fluidity and expressiveness in the vocals is matched by the excellent musicians and instrumentation and the two compliment each other perfectly.
This is an excellent album full of intelligent songs beautifully performed by a talented singer/songwriter and a strong group of musicians. Very highly recommended.

£13.49