Track Of The Day :: Only Girl - Feel It

Only Girl - Ellen Murphy - is an artist we have been watching for some months now. The 27-year-old Londoner has been quietly impressing since she first appeared last year with her own brand of soul-seeped R&B.

Now comes her official single release, 'Feel It'. Co-written and produced by long-standing collaborator Henry Binns (of trip-hop duo Zero 7), from the opening seconds, with a heart-rending vocal inflection that is reminiscent of Kate Bush in her 'This Woman's Work' period in some of the higher register notes, you just sense this is going to be something wonderful - and it is.

As the radio-friendly track moves along, combining emotive lyrics that bring a catch to the throat in Ellen's delectable delivery, made sweeter against a backdrop of some infectious electro beats. Put back from an original August release, it has been well worth the wait.

Rating: 'Feel It' - you can't help but do anything else. A voice you can listen to all day. This track should justify Ms Murphy's place on tastemakers' lists. 9/10

Only Girl plays a single launch show at The Waiting Room, London on September 23 (Free Entry).

'Feel It' is available now via Akira Records.




Words: Linn Branson

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