“This young New Zealander of Ghanaian descent treats genre distinctions in much the same way that Godzilla treated those little cities made out of cardboard.” — MTV Iggy
“Leila Adu is a rebel-inspirer. And not in the way that calls for the raising of fists, or the hurling of sharp word-blades. Her defiance is decided… Anger isn’t its mother. Wonder may be.” — Purple Magazine
Alternative music palates will be attracted to the naked delivery of these songs, but Adu goes further by deceptively dressing her compositions in layers of Pop hooks, literary devices, and classical or chamber music sensibilities… You can almost consider Adu the “Alternative-Alternative” artist. — URB ALT
“The minimalist use of intimate watercolours make one think of Joni Mitchell brimming with melanin, White Magic (Cigarettes & Circus Puffs) or a modernist Nico who has Freudianly washed away the gothic (the splendid ‘Fortuna.’)”
– Sentire Ascoltare
The rich off-kilter digressions display splinters of folk and blues but also hypnotic and ghostly prog [absit inuria verbis!] that move away from more popular terrains into a personal sphere with which you will want a little time to familiarize yourself. — Blow Up
“Her voice is extraordinary…both tender and terrifying.” — Sunday Star Times
“If you haven’t already acquainted yourself with Adu, go do it.” — The Dominion Post
*****TIME OUT LONDON CRITIC’S CHOICE*****
‘Avante-garde pop that recalls Nina Simone and Tim Buckley from the headliner’ – Time Out
*****TOP TEN Sistas who Rocked the Decade*****
