Pretend

The Line of Best Fit 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.

The Independent 4/5 Download: Pretend; Poetic; Hard Time; Words

The Observer 3/5 Debut album from Stockholm’s answer to Emeli Sandé veers from the punchy to the characterless

The Guardian 3/5 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