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Basia Bulat is set to release her second album Heart Of My Own, the follow up to the much loved debut album Oh, My Darling.

Heart Of My Own was born after over a year of touring that took Bulat across Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States several times over. When it came time to move ahead with the new album Basia said goodbye to the road, took the newly penned songs up in her arms and found a home for them on tape.

Recorded with Howard Bilerman (who was at control panel for Oh, My Darling as well) nearly all the songs on Heart of My Own were written while on the road: travelling between cities, crossing the Canadian prairies, searching for a place to stop in the Nevada desert, trailing through the Smoky Mountains, standing in the bright dusk of a summer night in the Yukon.

The instrumentation on Heart of My Own is a lot more varied than on the first album, notes Basia. "I think it is at times extremely sparse and, well, spacious, with big choirs singing, and then it gets really dense with really spirited and rolling drums, and I think I even managed to pull off a Johnny Cash–inspired country song."

She plays autoharp, guitar, piano, organ, pianoette, banjo, ukulele, bass and of course, sings; her brother and many dear friends, old and new, play everything else.

There is a determination in these songs. They are at times about a broken heart, a careless heart, a faithful heart, and a hopeful heart—but above all, a wandering heart.

Heart Of My Own is due out January 22nd through Rough Trade/ Remote Control.

To listen to tunes and more info generally on the awesome artists at XL go to www.remotecontrolrecords.com.au