Possessing a talent which has had music insiders excited for a couple of years now, like a best-kept-secret that’s about to be let out the bag, in ‘New Red Dress’ Helen has made a timeless debut album which could replace KT Tunstall’s ‘Eye To The Telescope’ as the album of choice for your 20-something music lover. Capturing the measured class of Dusty Springfield, the ethereality of Kate Bush or (Helen’s friend) Imogen Heap, with the rock balls of Stevie Nicks and the purity of Karen Carpenter, ‘New Red Dress’ is an inspired debut offering and the sum of many parts.

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