Lianne La Havas – Lost & Found EP – Album Review

This is a truly magnificent artist to emerge from the London underground soul scene. She could quite easily be the new Amy Winehouse or Erykah Badu with her Sade type swoops and vocal similarities to Billie Holiday.

Beautiful is an under-stated word to use to describe La Havas’ heartfelt songs. Lianne La Havas starts the EP with a collaboration with Willy Mason, ‘No Room for Doubt’. It’s audibly an acoustic gem of an EP, where Willy Mason and La Havas compliment each other’s vocals stunningly on the opening track. There is a pleasant guitar groove throughout this song, and her voice is nothing but outstanding.

Next up, is Lost & Found, the title EP track, which could easily be a soundtrack for a movie or at least a love movie soundtrack song. It’s reminiscent of Adele’s Someone Like You but jazzier and soul-drenched.

Age is another fantastic Lianne La Havas song, unique, original, thought provoking in lyrics and story telling. She reminds the listener also of those old souls like Bessie Smith or Sarah Vaughan.

Nothing has come out of the UK music scene quite like this talented artist, and Night School is another excellent song taken from Lost & Found. There is a US artist called Valencia Robinson, and our Lianne La Havas is in the same musical realm as Robinson.

Final Form; is yes, the final track from this wonderful EP Lost & Found and it leaves you wanting more.

By Matthew Daniel