Rebekah Delgado
EP: Sing You Through The Storm
Label: Self released
Tracks: 4
Website: www.rebekah-delgado.com

There is an interesting background to this, the debut solo EP by Rebekah Delgado.

Rebekah is the former frontperson of two Indie rock bands. The first was Ciccone, who were known as "the original kings of DIY "and once had single of the week on Radio 1.They made a well-received album called "Eversholt Street". Her next band was The Last Army but that did not last and Rebekah has now gone solo. She says that she needed to write personal songs and to "stop being scared of feeling vulnerable". She has toured frequently in Spain and went to Cadiz[she is half-Spanish] to get away from the "trend and trendiness of London".

Rebekah has been described as "the 24 carat goddess of infectious vocal melody "and that is certainly evident on this 4 track EP.

The title track "Sing You Through the Storm" starts off as an atmospheric piano ballad, complete with spooky musical saw, and then develops into a feel good, sing-a-long anthem with a catchy chorus [ "We All Break Sometimes, Yes We Do "] and cascading piano . It is certainly radio-friendly and deserves to be a hit!

Track 2, Little Boy Blue, is a slightly sinister song, with lyrics such as "Little Blue Owes the Devil Some Rent "and features more spooky noises [more saw?]. The third track "Tying To Forget "is a song about, well, trying to forget a former lover ["It's Been Five Months and a Day"] and she is "Rearranging Faces So They Look Like You "

The final track "Dub Don't Sleep [Johnny Nothing Remix ] "does what it says on the tin -it is an atmospheric dub track with snatches of vocals, percussion and violin . It is totally different from the other tracks but well worth a listen.

In conclusion, an excellent EP . The title track could, with favourable airplay, prove to be a hit, A full album is due out in October .

Peter Cowley