When I met Delilah she described her new album as “Dark, melodic, soulful, pop”

Delilah was ready to give some empowering words to the youth of Hackney when she was interviewed at the BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Academy.

She entered the interview calmly, exploring what inspired her while she was growing up in Camden and how she aims to evolve musically.

Signed to Atlantic Records at 17, singer songwriter Delilah, 21, has her debut album ‘From the Roots Up’ coming out in July. Four words she would use to describe it are; “Dark, melodic, soulful, pop”.

Describing her teenage years as quite a “dark” time, Delilah informed us of the loss of her father, and how this was her “catalyst” to write music.

Delilah argues that as she has got older she has “developed” as an artist, and has “learnt to look at things differently”, using everyday life to arouse new ideas.

She confessed she had very little confidence in her voice when she started, stating that she thought she sounded “wispy”. Listening to artists such as Erykah Badu and Jill Scott helped her to explore a more soulful sound.

When asked where she would like to be in five years, she said that ultimately she wants “more of the same, but bigger and better.”

Her album was released on the 30th of July 2012 - Go out and buy it (I've even linked it to Amazon)!

Disclosure - The Face EP

Hello I'm back,

I thought I'd feed my blog readers with some more great music!
As many of you may (or may not) know, I am a huge fan of Disclosure. I found out about them some time last year, and ever since I have been hooked!

Anyway they have just released a new EP. On a random note: Doesn't the word "released" make it sound like an animal? Maybe it just me, but you could just imagine that like an animal, the EP being released from the simple knowledge of a couple of people, and then reaching the masses (with a beastly attitude)!

You can find this NEW EP (released just ONE DAY ago - roarrrr), on soundcloud (click on the word soundcloud to be directed directly to the wonderful, amazing, fantastic EP; that is 'The Face').

My favourite song on the EP is 'Control ft Ria Ritchie' - I don't know if that's because I had heard the others way before, and I had rinsed them!

Let me just give you a little background knowledge of the boys:

Called a "Dance pop duo" by the Guardian, so they obvious consist of two people. Those two people are brothers and they go by the name of Guy and Howard Lawrence.
I'm going to use a word that I have been using all week (because of MIC - Made In Chelsea), but they seem like a gregarious duo. They are both very young, both in age and on the scene.

To find out more about the band, go on to their facebook, twitter and soundcloud to follow any updates.

Disclosure - facebook

Disclosure - twitter

Disclosure - Soundcloud