The Fat Angel Sings

British musician Cleo Sol made one of the very best albums of the year in 2021 entitled “Mother” now with a new release Cleo shows with “Heaven” released this week that she has n awful a lot of talent.

“Mother” came out strong more than two years ago with the more than an hour-long album, which absolutely deserved the title masterpiece. “Heaven”, released just this week is is music of a special beauty, because just like “Mother”, “Heaven” showcases another high-quality album vocally, musically and productionally. “Heaven” is a bit more soberly coloured but it is again a sultry and brooding album that raises the wind chill by many degrees.

In the summer of 2021, “Mother”, was the second album of musician Cleo Sol, was released.

After the twelve tracks and more than an hour of music from “Mother“, it was a bit of a setback that this time we have to do it with nine tracks and only half an hour of music, but of course the quality is more important than the quantity and with that quality it is good again this time. For the production of Heaven, Cleo Sol again called on Inflo, which results in a beautiful sounding album.

Cleo Sol himself was responsible for the instrumentation and vocals and both are of a high level. Compared to the previous two albums, Outside of acoustic guitar and piano you mainly hear some extra bass and drums and here and there some extra layers of vocals. The sound on the album may be relatively sobre, but it’s also a warm sound that wraps around you, especially when the rhythms are a bit more uptempo. It is a mainly acoustic sound, which sounds a bit jazzy, although Cleo Sol has certainly not renounced the influences from soul and R&B.

Whether “Heaven” is as good as the great “Mother” I don’t dare to say yet, but I think Cleo Sol’s new album is getting better and more interesting.