The young vocalist’s brace of straightforward, but promising debut demos, End Of Time and Colour Me surfaced two years ago; she returned this month with Mountain, produced by Henry Binns of Zero 7, and looks to have cracked the formula for an underground R&B hit.
On Mountain, sparse, airy production gives Only Girl, who's real name is Ellen Murphy, plenty of room to flex her range (perhaps more readily relatable to Jessie Ware) and sweet, clear voice, an impressive asset that could either lend itself to pure pop or fit in wonderfully on the sort of deep house dosed with R&B that seems to rule the Soundcloud waves. Mountain is decidedly old school in approach, a clear homage to singers like Whitney Houston and the aforementioned Mariah Carey who gave Top 40-style songs a bit of heart.
For its visual treatment, Mountain gets an appropriately sunny, kaleidoscopic clip.