‘Forget Me Not’ is the debut album from Harleighblu, a truly distinctive 21-year-old singer who is attracting a mass of tastemaker love, and a spiralling fanbase, for her deep and edgy hip hop-infused soul music - The album is out today on Tru Thoughts Records.
The album is a collection of songs about love and life through the eyes of a young artist with, in her own words, an “old soul”. The incredible tonal range and depth in Harleighblu’s voice is out there from the spine-tingling groove of opener “Enough Now”; shades of Amy Winehouse’s influence show through in the bitter-sweet vocal tone of “Casanova”. The wide-eyed youthful idealism of “I Believe” could melt the most cynical old heart; while a cover of Eurythmics’ “Who’s That Girl” – which recently received its first airplay on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 2 show - highlights the maturity and class in Harleighblu’s armoury, as she flips this classic into a loping and funky, dub-tinged cut, galvanizing the emotional suspense of the original in a truly singular vocal turn.
Her album launch is this Thursday 17th at the Queen Of Hoxton, be quick if you want tickets and head to the Soundcrash Website for more info.
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