Certainly not the most predictable alliance this, but the Cardigans' frontwoman Nina Persson and Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse renown have collaborated to produce an hour's worth of material. 'Frequent Flyer' is the closest A Camp get to The Cardigans nagging, yearning melodies but it's unrepresentative of the album as a whole; the music is quite light generally - far removed from the experimental, harsh leanings of 'Gran Turismo' - on a selection of tracks which could be quite easily described as alt-country but don't let that put you off. 'Song For The Leftovers' is an excellent ballad with its roots in Carpenters-style easy listening. Credit to Linkous for varying the pace and style though; the rock-out of 'Hard As Stone'; 'Algebra' is terrific, benefiting from its cute melodica and then things head Portishead-wards on 'The Oddness Of The Lord'. It's these welcome deviations which stop 'A Camp' becoming a bland proposition. A worthwhile project then but certianly not an essential one.