Ellie Goulding releases her debut album ‘Lights’ today.  The 22 year old Hereford-born singer songwriter was first brought to public attention when she appeared on Later with Jools Holland in November last year, prior to the release of her first single. With her unique blend of folk influences and electronica she was already a firm favourite amongst tastemakers and bloggers alike, but it was this stunning early appearance that brought her to the fore.

Ellie’s songs are built around big proper tunes that lift you up and spin you round, yet there’s something off-centre about them, something sparkly, filmic, haunting, odd. She mixes heartfelt emotion with other-wordly atmospherics, spins cool electronica into dreamy warmth.