After her debut album Little Dreams (2008) was showered with rave reviews, Nina June had the difficult task of coming up with a worthy successor. The blonde waited a long time with a new record, but has not been idle in the meantime. For example, she was part of a theater company, with which she performed songs from The Beatles in more than eighty theaters. That trip did her no harm because The
… World Awaits has become a wonderfully accessible album. June hits the nail on the head early on on her album with catchy songs like World Of Art and the cheerful Little Planet I. However, the icing on the cake is the single Hearts On Fire, a nice laidback song that would not have been out of place on a John Mayer album. The World Awaits sounds fresh, cheerful and even carefree every now and then. In short, an album that makes you smile. (BvdV)more
