The Everlasting Energy of Love - LP

THE EVERLASTING ENERGY OF LOVE: ALBUM REVIEW 
REFLECTIVE AND REDEMPTIVE JAZZ-SOUL
★★★★ Neil Cooper (The List) 
A record that feels otherworldly and from another time yet remains absolutely current.
 
Niki King sports flowing white robes offset against a starlit sky in publicity shots for the Edinburgh-sired singer’s sixth album. If this image suggests a celestial awakening, the record’s title also hints towards personal and spiritual transcendence across a self-produced set of songs studded with strength and heartbreak...
 
the album’s 12 tracks show off the light and shade of love, life and everything that goes with it. This makes for an eminently grown-up collection that is by turns reflective, mournful and redemptive.
 
...‘Dreamer’ charts the travails of attempting to navigate around a fickle music business in a song that becomes an anthem for persistence on a par with Sade’s ‘When Am I Going To Make A Living.’ All this is wrapped up by a string quartet arranged by Pete Harvey, harps and a horn section. At the record’s heart, however, is King’s voice, which remains rich, impassioned, determined and defiant...
 
If The Everlasting Energy Of Love came out of Memphis or Detroit, it would be rightly hailed as a cosmic masterpiece and garner global acclaim. Close your eyes as you sink into its riches, and make it so.