EP Review bb sway - How Will I Get There?

There’s a gorgeously warm sense of yearning and hope that rings throughout ‘How Will I Get There?’ - the latest from Hong Kong-born, London-based bb sway - that makes complete sense given the road on which it was written. Documenting the musician’s transition, opener ‘Everything You’ve Always Wanted’, with its angelic harmonies and cradling sense of care, is a genuinely moving thing; “Oh you know yourself, better than anyone else,” they sing. ‘To Be Honest With You’ brings in a more seductive, ‘60s lilt - all Bond melodrama and skittish percussion, while the EP’s title track is nostalgically inviting in the way that Willie J Healey does so well. It’s a dreamily old school approach to melody that runs throughout and comes to the fore acutely on closer ‘Leading Lady’, where finger-picked acoustic guitars and whistled sweetness leave little to hide behind. ‘How Will I Get There?’ shows an artist embracing their identity - personally and sonically - in ways that are hard not to love.