Colours is a song of relaxation and warmth, and yet Floyd’s vocals have a quality of strength to them which infuses a hint of assuredness into Colours, breathing new life into the love-song form. It serves as the inaugurating part of an autobiographical trilogy of songs Floyd plans on releasing which depicts the female experience of relationships.

Floyd’s vocals carry Colours, guiding the listener through ups, downs and some excellently executed vocal ornamentation –a highlight being about mid-way through during the line: ‘You’ve shown me quiet/you’ve given me loud/ You’ve gotten under my skin and I don’t want to get you out’, where there is a luscious vocal embellishment on the word ‘out’ which pivots the chord unexpectedly.

The keys and guitar pepper the backdrop with echoes of the melody but never in an obtrusive way, and largely leave a comfortable 2/2 feel to the song until the first appearance of the refrain: ‘You’re both ends of the spectrum/and all the colours are you’ where the guitar, bass and drum kit pick up in rhythmic movement; this givesmore of a metrical feel and avoids the song becoming stagnant before things wind down at the second iteration of the refrain.

Befitting the genre, the singer-songwriter keeps the structure loose which adds to Colours being an expression of feelings rather than a linear story.

Floyd approaches the melody with creativity and detail, and embellishes the melody in an enticing way; the vocals are nuanced and expressive, holding their own in the competitive and crowded soul and jazz genres.

Floyd’s vocal talentsas well as song-writing skills are evident, and there is no doubt much more she has to showcase in her upcoming releases. She has already been broadcast on BBC Radio’s BBC Music Introducing programme –undoubtedly a harbinger of many more radio appearances to come in the future. Colours is a palette of lyricism and musicality, and this is perhaps something we can expect from the rest of the trilogy which fans will surely be eagerly awaiting.