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Release Date: 17 January 2011
"Spencer's songcraft, while always poignant, has grown immeasurably. Her focus lyrically and musically is sharper; more unsettling in terms of its ability to create indelible portraits of her protagonists and their constant hunger and yearning. ... Spencer yearns to solidify a love that is mercurial and disintegrating, even as she struggles to accept that demise. The title track, with its haunting acoustic guitars, backroom piano, brushed snare, and ghostly lap steel commences with the words: "Here I am, by my lonesome/laying low, laying low/Had enough, waitin' for my love to show/Under streetlight glow." The hurt in her voice saturates the track, but she shifts the narrative to an imaginary Brooklyn in 1940 to draw some metaphorical -- and perhaps metaphysical -- understanding of her longing and frustration." - Thom Jurek, AllMusic
"her delicate, unhurried country-folk is going to reach many more ears. She has a girlish, sweet voice that's nicely edged with rasp – it's an appealing mix and one well suited to a collection of songs about yearning. Yearning, though, can be a drag: for all the agility and feeling of Spencer's voice, Under Streetlight Glowis not without some pretty torpid longueurs."- The Guardian