At Glastonbury 2015, Paloma Faith and her band played a rather surprising cover of 'Purple Haze. It was, the British soul diva declared, something she listened to a lot while working on her fourth album. Just like the psychedelic rock of artists like . Add to this the supposed working title There's More To Life Than Love, and you are going to hear the final result with just a little more prickly
… ears. Fortunately, otherwise you could easily miss that Guilty ('Wishing I could be home, but I'm locked out and it's all my fault') is actually about Brexit. Or it by written Warrior about the refugee crisis. Anyway, nothing wrong with an artist who ventures into heavier themes. Musically, however, 36-year-old Faith makes it even more difficult for the listener to discern her new influences. We mainly hear the glowing soul pop that we know from her first three albums, only more bombastic. Again: not much wrong with that, but why the purple smoke screen? (RME)more
