South Londons Lianne La Havas re-entered our musical consciousness at the end of February with her emotionally stirring soul-gem Bittersweet. This came in conjunction with an Annie Mac Hottest Record, a mind-blowing live show at the Barbican with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Jules Buckley and an incredible Colors session all of which helped put Lianne firmly back on the cultural map for 2020.Lianne La Havas, Liannes third album and her first in five years and is an album of startling beauty and insightmade entirely on her own terms which has been quite a journey. In one sense, geographically: La Havas spent a lot of time moving back and forth between the UK and the States working on writing and exploring her own identity. As a result, Lianne La Havas feels spacious and luminous. In keeping with the albums intimate feel, everyone who contributed to the record is a trusted collaborator, including long-term songwriting ally Matt Hales, co-producer Beni Giles, and guest co-producer Mura Masa. The confidence that La Havas has cultivated, both personally and creatively, is audible in the fact that Lianne La Havas is a record that feels utterly reala living, breathing thing. It hasnt been polished to a squeak in favor of a clean recording; La Havas followed her gut on this album, going with what feels good.