CAMILLE BLOOM AND THE RECOVERY

Never Out of Time

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When she’s in somber acoustic mode, singing and strumming over cellist Jessika Kitzman’s slow-bowed moans, Camille Bloom earns a place among such quirk-folk queens as Suzanne Vega, Ani DiFranco and the Indigo Girls. But there’s more to this Seattle-area songwriter than unplugged self-reflection. On “Running Out of Time” and “Tonight,” guitarist Danny Godinez cuts in with crunchy power chords, creating a buzzy brand of coffeehouse rock that actually rocks. “Top of My Game?” has a power-pop feel reminiscent of Letters to Cleo, while “You Still Fall Down” starts slow and spare but becomes a brawny rock song, offering one of this disc’s many pleasant surprises. Among the most disarming: the funky bonus cut “Teeny Car,” Bloom’s Lady Gaga moment.