Before you worry about what genre it is, about whether it's a loop or a drum, it's about what suits the song. It's using what's within your reach, but also reaching for everything you can. I don't know if I always get it right, because I don't know every sound yet.

She is now married to musician Sam Amidon and the two have a son Arthur born in 2011. Only Sean remained in her current live band as of 2008 although Clayhill have played as the support act on both her UK and US tours to promote Comfort of Strangers. In her 2006 release Comfort of Strangers Beth Orton moved towards a more folk-based sound and away from the electronic sound of her past albums.

She had released a solo album Superpinkymandy in 1993. Orton developed a devoted audience with the release of the albums Central Reservation (1999) and the 2002 UK top 10 album Daybreaker.