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NICK LENG PLAYING WITH FIRE
Spending years training as a professional pianist have paid off for indie songwriter Nick Leng as he announces his debut EP Drivers with incredibly intimate new single 'Playing With Fire'. It's not just delicate lingering keys where Leng shows apt ability, as his voice is softly stunning with gentle tones delivering the lyrics as a spine-tingling whisper. His out of focus mix of electronics and live instruments is invitingly hypnotic and soothing, as soft waves of it break again and again. That's not to say it's sleep-inducing - the opposite in fact - as he takes inventive twists and turns to inject new life at each juncture. Leng may well have played with fire, but he's certainly come off better with this debut. - SJ
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