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#2 | LIANNE LA HAVAS | Lianne La Havas
Nonesuch | Official Store
According to Patrick Corcoran: “As a statement of identity and independence, this album is exceptional. All the songs, bar the Radiohead cover, are written by La Havas and her exceptional talents shine throughout. Her guitar lines are so clean and emotive that barely a track passes without some moment of jaw-dropping loveliness and her voice is, simply put, majestic. It conveys such breadth and depth of feeling with subtle changes of tone and delivery. In creating a lush, warm atmosphere, the album allows La Havas to mine the darker corners of love and emotional connection without the subject matter ever weighing it down—everything is delicately and artfully balanced. If this truly is a full portrait of the artist, then it reveals an artist freed from the shackles of following anyone else’s imprint for her career. Freedom looks good on Lianne La Havas.”
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