Asha Gold exploded out of the gate thanks to a phenomenal reception to her debut single, ‘Too Good’. The follow-up, ‘Passenger’, is just as impressive. It might not be the at top of our to-do list at the moment, but travel is an important part of life. Asha Gold touches on the power of travel through this track, explaining that she had “been travelling in Europe, and on my train home I heard a guy on the platform playing a riff on guitar which caught my attention. I asked him what the chords were, and wrote the song the next day with the voice note he had kindly recorded for me”. Her classic background is evident in her mature compositional style, while a variety of influences from various genres can be felt in her music. - Dan Peeke