ALBUM PREVIEW: KT TUNSTALL

Last week a friend and I headed out to the Hotel Cafe to catch Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall showcase material from her upcoming album Tiger Suit. The gig was billed as a solo acoustic performance and it was defiantly solo, but NOT acoustic. With the help of looping pedals, Tunstall recreated the new material that she described that night as "Eddie Cochran mixed with Leftfield."

Tiger Suit, Tunstall's third studio album is due out in September and is defiantly more beat driven than her previous work. Tracks "Fade Like a Shadow" and "Glamour Puss" are prime examples of that.

It will be interesting to see how listeners respond to the new material, as her follow-up (2007's Drastic Fantastic) didn't fare nearly as well as her 2004 breakout Eye To The Telescope.