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It's very easy to 'Just Get Lost' in this album from Anju

I have also posted this on my main Information Overlord Blog. A Few years ago I heard a song on Soundcloud that I immediately adored. It was a jazzy little number played on acoustic guitar and the accompanying vocal just hit that sweet spot - you know, that spot where you just stop everything you doing and listen. Here was a woman destined to sing jazz and lounge songs. Many Soundcloud songs later, most of which repeated that initial connection I felt between style and songstress, there is a full debut album. [ Ok, so strictly speaking it's the second album as there was an acoustic album in 2012 called The Attic Sessions - four songs from which get the full band treatment on this new record] And a delightful record it is too. A collection of twelve self penned songs that take in both American and European jazz influences, and sprinkles on soupcon of latin, bossa nova, and cool blues to add additional colour. There isn't really a dud track on the whole record, and ...