Ninush - The Flowers I See You In

That the debut release from Ninush - the new solo venture from Guildhall alum Nina Lim, a familiar face among London’s session musicians - is also the first on Black Country, New Road drummer Charlie Wayne’s new label seems entirely fitting, given ‘The Flowers I See You In’ puts down its roots in much the same soil. A five-track collection of organic, emotionally potent piano and string-led compositions, the EP invests quotidian tales of life and love with grand, orchestral import, as if - as it always does feel at the time - they’re classical operas of the highest order. Between ‘Tormentor’’s waltzing ditty, ‘I Don’t Mind’’s pleasingly pop hooks, and ‘Stardoll’’s somnambulant lament, it’s a project of understated beauty, both full-bodied and feather-light. There are points, admittedly, which may be a touch too twee for some tastes, but highlight and closer ‘The End’ offsets any saccharinity with glitchy, Jockstrap-like electronics and staccato vocals, making for a swelling, subtly euphoric finale.