Title: Girl like Me EP
Artist: Amy Dabbs
Label: Distant Horizons
Cat Number: DISTANT003
Genre: Deep House
A1: Girl Like Me
A2: Mellowday
B1: No More Distractions
B2: The Player
Pure house this: upfront and positive, energetic and groovy. It fairly skips along and if you can’t keep up get your breath back and come again. Listening to the whole EP is like being guided through an A to Z of soul-infused house. It’s a classy quartet which shows off a wide breadth of musical know-how, as well as a well-judged ear for mood. All of the tracks have memorable motifs, with ‘Girl Like Me’ being wonderfully catchy. Similarly ‘The Player’ scats its way into earworm ecstasy. Both ‘No More Distractions’ and ‘The Player’ inhabit the deeper end of the spectrum, making use of spoken word, chiasmic chords and epic, emotive ambiance to gain momentum from a slightly different angle. Rather like the last record reviewed, I’m sensing Ron Trent’s influence. A very classy EP which should keep the floors full in the future, I hope.
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