If KT Tunstall was at all intimidated by the prospect of following up her platinum 2006 debut, "Eye to the Telescope," it's certainly not audible on the 11 tracks of "Drastic Fantastic."
Tunstall crushes the sophomore jinx under the stilleto heels of the white boots she wears on the album cover, delivering a confident and assured set that's fuller and a touch more electric than its predecessor.
Tunstall sings at one point that "there's no sense in traveling if we've already been that way," and while "Drastic Fantastic" doesn't reinvent her soundthe hand-clapping first single "Hold On" certainly harks back toward earlier hit "Suddenly I See"it does move things forward, charging out of the box with the buoyant "Little Favours" and thrusting a defiant, girl-power chin out on "Hopeless" and "I Don't Want You Now." No drastic changes here, but "Fantastic" results nevertheless.
