Charlene Soraia has a simply heavenly voice. Having wanted to seriously pursue music since getting a guitar at 7, she has honed her skills at Brit School, home to commercial greats such as Adele.
Bike, a personal favourite, edges its way up to a point with Charlene's vocals and a serene guitar riff before launching into a chorus, accompanied by drums and what sounds like sublime backing synths...or possibly strings? Very soothing.
Another shining example of Charlene's talent is Daffodils, which reportedly reached no. 5 in the US Folk charts on iTunes. Nice! The combination of Charlene's voice and a sleepy guitar becomes reminiscent of a slow morning wake up, drifting in and out of sleep, aware that you've got stuff to do, but not really caring.
Don't think that Soraia isn't afraid of speed though. In tracks such as Lemonade she takes it up a notch and adds a tumbling, stop and start pace to it that ear marks the slightly twee title as something to remember.
Listen to Bike here.
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