Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Jacqueline Govaert is back with her solo album, Lighthearted Years, which was recorded within three weeks in Los Angeles. The album contains 11 songs which she describes as "the contrast between the lighthearted teenage years and the life now, in the world now". All songs were written by Jacqueline and Mitchell Froom with whom she previously worked on her last album Songs To Soothe. Froom made his mark working together with Sheryl Crow, Crowded House, Paul McCartney and Triggerfinger amongst others. Jacqueline Govaert is a Dutch singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is best known as the leader of Dutch band Krezip. After Krezip disbanded in 2009, Govaert started a solo music career.