The new 5-song EP by Shauna Burns is an intended continuation of her 2008 full-length album, The Moon and The Fire Circle.  Anamnesis is her latest Pop effort that is saturated with melancholy with the loss of love, its lingering memories, and other very personal thoughts encapsulated within perfect piano-driven songs.  What makes Burns' dark pieces work so well are their atmospheric compositions.  With haunted vocals, effectively ethereal music, and a delivery that makes you believe every word, Anamnesis is a fantastic work.

The first song, “Smell” is well crafted with its pained recollection of something lost, never to be found again.  It's serious enough to grab you into its depths and keep you there.  It's followed by the sprightly “A Letter,” softened by the lyrically minimal ballad, “”Wind,” and then crowned by the remaining two, (the extraordinary release of  “Driving Far,” and the heart-rending “So Tell Me...”).

Anamnesis is a stunning work of an artist in full control of her art.  With music above much of what we hear today, the sound of emotional outcry, and intriguing lyrics, Shauna Burns is a singer-songwriter that should be in the full view of an appreciating public.  Shauna Burns is very highly recommended.