Jessie Ware - Strangest Feeling Review

From being a backing singer for Jack Peñate to collaborating with SBTRKT, you could argue that Jessie Ware has been a success already. However she has no intention of settling for a supporting role and is embarking on a solo career with her debut single "Strangest Feeling".

From the first second of the song you feel immersed within it rather than listening to it from the outside. You feel as if you are the only person listening to it, in your own swimming pool of warm and subtle bass. For the first verse and chorus you feel like somebody has dropped some headphones into you pool and started playing a nominee for the world's smoothest voice competition.

"A single tear just dropped into the ocean of your heart." suddenly your pool of solitude has been breached and Miss Ware is singing right at you, telling you "You are the echo, you were here only yesterday.". She melts back away, leaving just you and the headphones once again. You seem to realise that the melody has more intent this time, it is more forceful, egging you on to move some part of yourself at a similar frequency. Then after 222 seconds you are back to reality, eyes a bit blurry but none the less better for the intimate experience.

Jessie Ware's single "Strangest Feeling" is released on November 28th 2011 via PMR Records using the mediums of special edition 10" vinyl and digital formats. I imagine she will also be touring at some point in the near future. 4.75/5.