Gearing up to release her second solo album and new track Spiritus, photogenic Australian songstress Lisa Mitchell sounds like the kind of untapped songwriting talent you listen to knowing it’s only a matter of time before they make that artful transition to mass appeal. Her website’s quirky, like an art student indulging their most playfully creative side, and the music sounds equally fey and cutesy-charming. Oh Hark is tuneful pop-rock, think a cheery Aussie version of KT Tunstall or Amy McDonald. In her more piano-driven moments like the sublime Pirouette there’s even airs of a Christina Perri or Birdy to her. Indeed, Neopolitan Dreams sounds like the kind of quirky piano stuff ad agencies dream of when crafting their next campaign – its delightfully pretty, as if crafted from the very essence of smiles and sugary cupcakes.
