Alexia Coley - Keep the Faith (2014)

Her music has a classic soul and jazz vibe but with the sassy edge of a girl who has grown up round Ladbroke Grove and seen what effect modern day London has on people. Her songs are timeless but still relate to young people growing up right now and she can just as often be found sandwiched between a rapper and a DJ on the bill as a line-up of jazz players at Ronnie Scotts.

Her voice is one that could rank among the greats with songs that are a mixture of uplifting good time soul and slow emotive torch songs, all drawing closely on Alexia's experience of living in our capital city, falling in and out of love with the right and wrong men and being a pivotal part of West London's live music scene.

The album kicks off with her latest single "Drive Me Wild" a love song and statement of intent written by Alexia about finding love and that one special person to share your life with and leads straight into it's polar opposite "Beautiful Waste Of Time" - a song written about a friend living life in the fast lane on a dead end road. A full on floor filler and always a live highlight, but like some of the best music to dance to, Beautiful has a melancholy lyrical undertone.

TRACKLIST

01. Drive Me Wild
02. Beautiful Waste of Time (Smoove Remix)
03. Something's Going Down
04. Without You
05. Jekyll & Hyde
06. Dreaming
07. I Like a Drink
08. Promised You'd Be There
09. Mr Shady
10. Missing You
11. Love At First Sight
12. A Picture Speaks
13. Keep the Faith