Hunter

For Calvi, a two-time Mercury Prize-nominated songwriter, Hunter is a cathartic act. It's also an exploration of sexuality and "breaking the laws of gender conformity." A press statement goes on to describe the LP as "a queer and a feminist record, it is galvanising in its hunt for freedom."

"I want to go beyond gender," Calvi elaborates. "I don't want to have to chose between the male and female in me. I'm fighting against feeling an outsider and trying to find a place that feels like home." The English artist adds, "I believe in the female protagonist, who isn't simply responding to a man's story. I go out into the world and see it as mine - I want something from it, rather than just being a passive product of it."

The album's 10 tracks were produced by Nick Launay (Nick Cave) at London's Konk Studios as well as in Los Angeles. Calvi was assisted in the studio by her band, Mally Harpaz on multiple instruments and drummer Alex Thomas. Special guests Adrian Utley of Portishead and The Bad Seeds member Martyn Casey also lent a hand on keys and bass, respectively.

Fans' first look at Hunter comes in the form of "Don't Beat the Girl Out of My Boy", a song Calvi wrote while reflecting on the way in which children are introduced to gender stereotypes so early on in their lives. "It's a song about the defiance of happiness," she explains. "It's about being free to identify yourself in whichever way you please, without any restraints from society."