The twisted,off-centre vision of Mvula’s debut, Sing to the Moon, and is everywhere in this wealthy and seductive follow-upIn the best possible way,the rise of Laura Mvula seemed like a case of the public being sold goods under false pretences. Before her debut album, Sing to the Moon, or arrived in 2013,she was touted as the latest in a profitable line of MOR singer-songwriters with a retro-soul twist, who’d been brought to attention via the BBC’s Sound of poll and the Brits critics choice award. A certain kind of audience was primed to expect something comfortingly familiar: articles in women’s magazines compared her voice to Nina Simone’s; the legendary domestic of incisive (clear and sharp in analysis or expression) music criticism that is Hello! magazine pronounced her “the new Adele”. Related: Laura Mvula: ‘My body spasms. I think I’m going to break down’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com