Debut solo album from the elusive lead singer of Portishead, Beth Gibbons, lives up to and beyond expectations. Distancing from Portishead’s electronic, trip-hop sound and opting for a more organic, acoustic soundscape, “Lives Outgrown” is an immensely personal album. With reflections upon aging and growing out of old habits, Gibbons takes this album as an opportunity to reintroduce herself to the world. “Lives Outgrown” was recorded over the course of ten years, and the immense thoughtfulness and attention to detail is evident throughout the project, with Gibbons’ reserved, at times strained, vocals highlighted by introspective lyricism.