PinkPantheress - Heaven knows

When PinkPantheress' music started gaining traction online just a couple of years ago, it was immediately obvious how unique her talent was. A strikingly impressive ability to snag samples from 90s dance classics, 80s Michael Jackson, ambient electronic works and more, and turn them into her own brand of melancholy emo jungle soundbites captivated audiences and took over For You pages globally.

Her DIY attitude, shrouded in mystery and revelling in the confinement of her bedroom's four walls, brought her to 2021's mixtape 'To Hell With It', but it's her sheer creativity, consistency and promise that shines on debut album 'Heaven Knows'.

While her eclectic sound couldn't really be pinpointed, she initially stood out as a jungle, drum'n'bass and garage revivalist; that takes on a whole new life now. 'Heaven knows' retains PinkPantheress' creative spirit but repackages it in a much slicker, Mura Masa-assisted production.

Some tracks, like first offering 'Mosquito', are classically PinkPantheress, featuring a 2-step beat and UKG staples like record scratches, smashes and Spanish guitar a la Craig David. Some hang onto that rapid beat but merge it with a dramatic organ intro, a guitar solo and a verse from Afrobeats star Rema ('Another life') or warp it into something both more R&B, interpolating British dance-rap chart-topper Example's 'Kickstarts' along the way ('Blue').