Anna Calvi: Hunter review – gutsy and resonant

(Domino)Anna Calvi is a dramatic performer, armed with a fearsome guitar sound and a voice that can pivot from languorous to carnivorous in a heartbeat. Her songs, however, can struggle to match those raw materials, remaining true to a generic, brooding aesthetic that has played out better, many times, elsewhere. Nick Launay, Nick Cave’s go-to producer of the past 15 years, mans the desk for Calvi’s third effort, Hunter, where she still struggles to throw off what must now be very ti