Future-soul newcomer Liv grew up in a half-British, half-Latin household, where she practiced her best Destiny's Child impressions, and tugged away at pop's futurist fringes - developing fixation with Erykah Badu's experimental electronic soundscapes.

Now aged twenty, the Londoner steps out with her first darkly-snaking drop, 'Come A Little Closer'. Glistening with a trip-hop gloss, the youngster tiptoes her dusky caw and slack half-raps across a bed of burbled bass coils and pillowy synths; it's an assured snapshot of what's to come from this diverse, alluring talent. - DC