Missy Higgins is a singer/songwriter from Melbourne. Her music is unadourned and unforgettable. It's the reason her single Scar and this, her debut album, have been permanent fixtures at the top of the Australian charts. Missy Higgins was thrust into the limelight in mid-2001 while still at high school. She won the Triple J 'Unearthed' demo competition and her song 'All For Believing' became one of the Australian radio station's most requested tracks.

The disc opens with the first song Missy ever wrote "All For Believing". It then weaves its way through twelve other pieces including the stark beauty of piano ballads like "Nightminds", "Any Day Now", "They Weren't There" and "Sound Of White".

Also on display are a few of Missy's acoustic guitar driven songs, including the live favourites "Don't Ever" and "Ten Days". With their lyrical focus on distance and desire, these stripped back tracks have clearly been inspired by all of the traveling Missy has done over recent years.

Elsewhere, "Casualty" and "This Is How It Goes" reflect her jazz background while "Katie", "The River" and "The Special Two" typify the darker lyrical outlook that creeps into the second half of the album.