CILMI, GABRIELLA

Gabriella's Cilmi returns with 'Pure Love' her first record in 13 years. Gabriella Cilmi’s talents were undeniable from a young age, leading her to sign to Australia’s Mushroom Records when she was just 13-years-old. Just a few years later, the breakthrough success of ‘Sweet About Me’ and her Gold-certified UK Top 10 debut album ‘Lessons To Be Learned’ took the teenager global. But she discovered that the more success she had, the more she was subjected to countless opinions on what she should do next - an awkward situation for an artist who just wanted to be herself. ‘Pure Love’ is a record she made having discovered the confidence and freedom to make exactly the kind of album she wants to make: a soulful organic one, on which she could sing from the heart. And it’s certainly worth the wait, a triumphant return in which her warm, throaty, unmistakably expressive contralto wraps itself around the deep soul, jazz and classic rock that has always been closest to her heart. Gabriella says, “‘Pure Love’ is the record I’ve always wanted to make. The songs and lyrics are more unfiltered and the recordings have a rawness to them so I feel like it’s the most pure record I’ve made. It was recorded live to tape during a harvest moon and I like to think of the songs like ripe fruit finally ready to be consumed after lots of watering, tending and patience.” (CD)