There's something so bare and honest about the music of Alice Phoebe Lou, much like her press photo. Following on from her 2019 album Paper Castles, the incredible South Africa via Berlin talent has just released her new album Glow, accompanying the announcement with a live performance video of the opening track 'Only When I'. To begin, mellow synth chords accompany Alice's soft vocals, that soon blossom into a soulful surrender, 'You didn't teach me, I taught myself through you, you didn't heal me but I healed from the things that you do'. When the band come in with a gorgeously smooth bass/drum groove, you really start feel your heart melt into the track. In Alice's words, "My new record, 'Glow' is a crooner. Mostly love songs, sprinkled with a punk / grunge number here & there. I used to avoid writing love songs thinking the subject matter too overdone or trivial. That I needed to 'say something' with song. But this album simply poured out of my heart & my subconscious & there was no stopping the lovestruck nature of them. I started to feel things intensely this year & I tried to understand what I wanted my songs to do for the listener. I realised that instead of making people think, I wanted to simply make people feel". And that's precisely what it does. Check out 'Only When I (live)' here. -Ellie Rose-Davies