Headphones On

Sorry to state the obvious, but here goes... I hear a lot of new music. While I am constantly on a search for the new sugar spun sweetness that will captivate my attention, it isn't often that on first spin of a new record I am completely sold. Sure, I might hear a good song and replay it a few times until I pick up it's eccentricities and clever turns. By that point I might give the rest of the record a go... might.

I was thrown a record a few weeks ago that completely broke this pattern. A record that upon first chord change, completed that missing piece in my current musical puzzle. After just the first few tracks I was convinced that the record was perfect, so perfect that I immediately began to sing it's praises and play it for other people.

I ran a small experiment... I threw it on first thing in the morning at the office¹. By the second song I had not one but TWO people say to me "Wow, what are we listening to?"². I played the songs for one of my best friends, he began spouting exclamations marks.

Sassy *and* clever... it wasn't much of a surprise to look up Ms. Payne and discover the man behind the sound was none other than Mark-Trying-To-Be-The-Music-Man-Of-2007-Ronson. With a tinge of trip hop, a lot of soul and apparently channeling Dusty Springfield, Candie Payne's I Wish I Could Have Loved You More has stolen the show on my autumn. Here, FINALLY, I found the summer anthem I've been wanting for months... the sound of coming home.

¹ Little known fact... I work in a room with many creatives and act as DJ throughout the day.
² For the record, there was only one other person in the room. Immediately captivating 2/3 of a room that wasn't paying attention is not bad.

Buy some: Candie Payne