Louise Latham
Artist: Louise Latham
Album: Reclaimed
Label: Carnelian Records
OUT NOW
Rating: 5/5
If you check out any album this week then make sure that it is the stunning debut from singer-songwriter Louise Latham.
She has delivered a stunning record that is personal and heartfelt from the opening track to the closing lyrics as well as being incredibly truthful.
Saint is the opening track on the record and it mesmerises from the very start as the strings on the song are just so incredibly haunting.
There is a real power and emotion to Latham’s vocals and when her voice it paired with these beautiful strings Saint becomes incredibly seductive.
I am a big believer in the idea that simple is always the best and a beautiful vocal with strings and a piano really is all that you need to make a truly stunning track.
She picks up the pace with Melt Me Like Chocolate which is one of the most produced tracks on the album - but it shows a very different style to her voice.
There is a real conviction in her vocal on this track and while this is one of the poppier tracks on the album she never loses those fantastic folk roots.
Erase Me is another highlight with its hypnotic beat and more beautiful and stirring strings as well as tender lyrics.
Louise Latham has reached deep down within to write and record a collection of tracks that are just so incredibly personal. And it is that personal feel that is the most enchanting thing about this record as these songs are a real intimate pull on the senses.
There is an intense and almost ethereal quality to Latham’s voice as it washes over you and really draws you into the track.
Together Tonight is another of those tracks as se slows down the pace and there is magic that is created when Latham’s sultry vocal comes together with an acoustic guitar.
Reclaimed is a debut album of the highest order that shows Louise Latham is not only a great singer but a songwriter of the highest quality.
Louise Latham - Reclaimed is out now
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