(Warners)Prince does not appear on this moment album by Londoner Lianne La Havas,despite the purple one’s comeback gig in her living room last year. She does just fine without the distraction. Blood finds La Havas considering her Jamaican and Greek roots – the Blood of the title, a song called Green and Gold – and tackling romance from a wide array of approaches, and from classy soul-jazz shimmers to the sulky electronic rock of Never regain Enough. The feather-light touch of La Havass voice can be deceptive; for all her obvious ease,there are sufficient quirks and depths to her writing, not least the scientific analogies on Wonderful (electricity) and Unstoppable (astrophysics).
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Source: theguardian.com