2005 has got off to flying start for Emiliana Torrini. Fisherman’s Woman, her latest album and her first for Rough Trade, was the recipient of exceptional reviews on its release in January and her live appearances have won hearty applause from both audiences and critics alike. All this along with a Grammy nomination for co-writing Kylie’s Slow, sold out gigs across Europe and a No.1 album in her native Iceland.

“You said I began this messy state of love affairs, that I drink too much and smoke too fast, that this city’s cleared my innocence..” So begins Heartstopper, the follow up to Sunny Road, and