If we’ve had a keen eye on Swindon’s Sienna Wileman’s natural progression as an upcoming singer-songwriter since being introduced to her self-penned songs via her father Richard Wileman some years ago, her songs have always reflected her dad’s penchant for combining curious and experimental soundscapes with acoustic vibes. Working with the more rhythm-driven Auralcandy this single is a change of direction….
Just a Mirrorball released yesterday, with a pop sound of nineties nu-cool, as if Sophie Ellis Bextor was on the Madchester scene with Deee-Lite. It’s an instant love from me, and couldn’t go any other way really. It’s sassy, Maroon 5, danceable, but Auralcandy requests no one ask them for the “boring” backstory on this interesting collaboration, and to stop them if they ever try to tell it! We’ll just have to see it for what it is, a working combination made in heaven.
Sienna shows her versatility as a recording artist here, from acoustic folk to musical theatre, now this is decidedly pop, the timeless variety.
“Sienna is an absolute joy to work with, an obvious talent but with a complete nonchalance that comes with being one of those pesky kids Scooby Doo warned me about,” they said, “the middle vocal is all Sienna’s invention. And, to me, reeks of 1960s pop Françoise Hardy, Brigitte Bardot et al; effortlessly cool.”
And it is so! So much so, it needs wider attention, it deserves to chart, and put them both on the map, but they’re both modest with their talent, so allow me to plug it!
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