Scout Niblett's most tightly coiled long-player yet, a heavy handful of songs that are reaching for the ripe and the light. An intense devotional, a determined spirit journey and a collection of great slow-dance songs. People come to Emma Louise "Scout" Niblett for the joy of a scalding hot bath of sound amidst stark, bluesy emoting - and she won't let 'em down this time. But something has shifted. Having made herself a record or two's worth of celebration ballads and moody freakouts, she seems to be hearing that call from within to feel for other things. Throughout 'The Calcination' we see Scout in deep focus. She's in an empty space and her voice snaps against the walls, behind weird shadows we can't make out. The songs string together, almost as one, her guitar growls and bites, and the black velvet of space hovers. Just when the tension in the room and the filament of guitar can't glow any brighter, suddenly a band erupts, accompaniment to her vision - and then back down to Scout and guitar.

Track Listing
1 Just Do It!
2 The Calcination of Scout Niblett
3 I.B.D.
4 Bargin
5 Cherry Cheek Bomb
6 Kings
7 Lucy Lucifer
8 Duke of Anxiety
9 Ripe with Life
10 Strip Me Pluto
11 Meet and Greet