An air of subtle melancholy graces Kate Stables’ gorgeous 7th studio album. She’s grappling with loneliness, isolation, and solitude but, through it all, she fights the good fight, adding hopeful inflections to her ever-beautiful vocals.

Amongst the forlorn fingerpicking and homesick sighs rises an uplifting sense of community and human connection. And this is reflected in the crew she’s brought together for Ghost Coat. Bolstering her enrapturing folk pop are Dinked alumni Richard Dawson and Rozi Plain, alongside Sam Amidon, Ben Howard, Emma Broughton, and the Portron brothers – Valentin & Marceau.

Like the apparitional garment of the album’s title, TITK manages to successfully deliver something both spectral and warming, ghostly yet reassuring.

It’s a haunting, powerful record of a place, a time, and a talented group of people.