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Emeli Sandé // My Kind Of Love

I’ve been patiently waiting for Emeli Sandé’s debut album ever since I heard her on Wiley’s brilliant “Never Be Your Woman”. After anticipating her proposed debut single “Kill The Boy”, which eventually got cancelled, we finally got Emeli’s debut single in the form of “Heaven”. A perfect piece of trip-hop soul (a genre coined by none other than Yasmin), Emeli came with a bang, which is pretty ironic considering the understated nature of the track.

Two singles later and “Our Version Of Events” is finally out, albeit only in the Republic of Ireland. It would be cheating for me to listen to the album before getting my physical copy after waiting so long, but one song won’t hurt, right?

“My Kind Of Love” follows “Heaven” as track number two on the LP, and is a brilliant start to the album tracks we haven’t heard yet. Opening with a simple piano alongside Emeli’s vocals, a heavy militant drum beat soon joins in to really set the song’s tone. Soon enough there’s soaring strings and gospel style backing vocals, which really get the song going, showing that Emeli can do a real good belter of a track.

With raw, emotional vocals, Emeli really gives it her all on “My Kind Of Love”. It’s all very Alicia Keys, with a tone that harks back to the likes of “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Doesn’t Mean Anything”. And if this track is anything to go by, then “Our Version Of Events” should be an absolutely terrific record, meaning that we’ve gotten three great debuts from Lana Del Rey, Maverick Sabre and Emeli Sandé one week after another.

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