It's been a while since I've heard from Rhian Benson (since 2003 to be specific, when her debut album Gold Coast was released.). My lasting impression of Benson's sound was that of your typical Neo soul artist: interesting profile (being born in Accra, Ghana and raised in Wales and India), thoughtful lyrics, acoustic sounds, but still sort of safe and neatly tucked away within the Neo soul genre. However, after over 7 years of a musical hiatus, Benson has seemed to depart from the safe sounds of her previous work to the more electronic, bold, and at times, moody range, by teaming up with Danish production duo Daniel Fridell and Jonas Rendbo. Maybe getting with the times, or finally finding her own sound, regardless, I've had her entire album on repeat for practically the entire weekend.

Preview Hands Clean here. Enjoy!

Ciao for now!

-Sophia