Ellie Goulding
Lights
British European Although Ellie Goulding's debut album 'Lights' has only just been released the 23yearold from Hereford has already been anointed as the sound of 2010 and to prove it she collected a Brit award Her mix of pop songs with a tubthumping electro backdrop ticks all the right boxes especially 'This Love' with its soaring chorus and the swirling 'Starry Eyed' which she'll surely be playing for the rest of her life Ellie's songs are built around big proper tunes that lift you up and spin you round yet there's something offcentre about them something sparkly filmic haunting odd she mixes heartfelt emotion with otherwordly atmospherics spins cool electronica into dreamy warmth