I love this album because it’s the perfect marriage of unpretentiousness, honesty and badassery. I love me some Lucinda and
Essence is full of her best songwriting and singing. Tattered, torn and honest she is. Such a welcome relief from female singer/songwriters as Kardashian/warrior/ Barbies who just want to show you how hyper-sexual and badass they are. Watch out…Lucinda actually IS a badass who’s also a “Broken Butterfly” and a “Raven with a touch of blue glistening down her back”. Then she tells you off in no uncertain terms. All this is accomplished in her conversational, breathing, moaning singing style with lots of edge and a good dose of fuck you.