Hailing from Southampton, Foxes has already been on many people’s radar for a while. With radio-friendly hits such as ‘Youth’ and ‘Let Go for Tonight’ under her belt, All I Need is Foxes’ second album following 2014’s Glorious.

‘Better Love’ demonstrates what Foxes does best: explosive, over-the-top choruses, paired with choral backing vocals, creating an anthem feel to the whole song. ‘Body Talk’ follows, delivering more of an understated, poppy vibe and proves to be very catchy. ‘Cruel’ changes up the tempo and the mood of the album once more, with its’ minimalist, electronic beats. It feels quite experimental for Foxes, but she definitely pulls off its more innovative style. ‘Devil Side’ slows the album down, feeling a lot like a ballad with soft piano and violin complementing Foxes’ vocals. Drum-heavy ‘Money’ is a tad repetitive lyrically which unfortunately means it is not nearly as engaging as some of the other tracks on the album.

Stand-alone, all these songs work, and they work very well at that. However, their sheer epic diversity does mean that this album lacks cohesion. This is not to say, of course, that albums should exclusively contain songs which all sound the same; but there is a degree of natural and flowing progression you expect track-to-track on an album which is not found here. There is very little sense of rhythm or connection between the tracks, which creates at moments within the album, a disjointed and fractured feeling. There is a sense that Foxes is attempting to explore too many different avenues on this album. Nonetheless, she is clearly extremely talented and this is a great selection of tracks to demonstrate that.

Emily Clarkson