‘Exquisite, original and lovely.’ PSYCHOLOGIES 4/5****
‘Coquette is an original and fascinating work,’ DAILY EXPRESS 4/5****
Carr’s ‘bald subject matter distances her from the kooky crowd.’Q MAGAZINE4/5 ****

‘This is Carr’s most fully-formed music yet.’  MOJO 4/5 ****
Coquette is in Q’s top 50 downloads, November 2009.
Katy Carr – Coquette (2009)
The Dame Vera Lynn of alternative folk (and a qualified pilot) is in full flight. Stories of WWII Europe and Spitfire pilots mingle in this exquisite and original scrapbook of 21st-century vocal delights.BRITISH AIRWAYS INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT  FEB – JULY 2011
‘Undoubtedly, Katy Carr has a sound all of her own.‘ MAVERICK4/5 ****
‘ This album is a scrapbook of characters, places and stories from deep inside Carr’s imagination and it has been a mesmerising experience to glimpse into her world. I can’t fault this album. Quite simply it is a masterpiece.’ 5/5***** The Music Critic
‘teasingly saucy… there’s quality and substance lurking beneath the surface.’ RECORD COLLECTOR

      ‘Richly atmospheric and sensual, this is an album to immerse yourself in.’

BEARDED MAGAZINE
 
a sexy and powerfully strange song cycle tempered by an aching melancholy, never lapsing into sentimentality but still allowing itself moments of nostalgia8/10 Americana UK

‘Coquette’ is a beguiling beauty who breezes through enemy lines, but believe me you’ll follow her. Hear these siren’s songs and you’ll be smitten.’ 8/10 Whisperin and Hollerin
Coquette is a wonderful assortment of playful and emotive tracks that dazzle from start to finish. Subba-cultcha 4/5 ****
A compelling, fascinating and rewarding album. 4/5 ****Musicomh.com
‘don’t expect Andrews Sisters nostalgia this is edgy alt folk’Sunday Mercury
‘Coquette’ is a wonderful evocation of a time long since past and only really glimpsed in old black and white films nowadays but given a modern 21st century makeover. It might be nostalgic but is not a piece of nostalgia.
So take your place in that cabaret, order yourself a swanky cocktail and let Carr’s ‘Coquette’ wash over you.’ Pennyblack music
‘Ms Carr’s finest album yet, her most refined and sophisticated, and really sound like no one else’ Organ Magazine
‘well crafted approach to alt folk’ Net Rhythms

 
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