slow burn

Hazelle Woodhurst's acting credits include Eyes Wide Shut, but while fronting this British trio-plus-helpers she's a flashdancing rock diva whose hefty voice stomps like an elephant — you might consider Tina Turner, Taylor Dayne, Marianne Faithfull or Cher before you realize who she really sounds like is a less new-age Sophie B. Hawkins. The faceless but lushly layered album-rock supports her stomps, too; "Kashmir"-like Middle Eastern prog-metal is a recurring reference point, but sometimes the guitar push gets almost gnu-metal brutish, or melds into Hi-NRG techno beats or a violently violined ambient space-rock break — only to have Hazelle return, raging harder than before.