Pretend
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Album • Oct 23 / 2015 • 16 songs, 58m 25s
Pop Soul
Noteable
6
/ 10
Seinabo Sey fails to retain the genre-busting spirit that made her earlier work so exciting on a debut album that feels just too safe.
Debut album from Stockholm’s answer to Emeli Sandé veers from the punchy to the characterless
Sey’s powerhouse voice delivers power-pop, soul, rock and ballads: she could easily divert to chart-topping mush, but she’s also an observant, sharp lyricist