Ottawa Xpress

At first blush, Vancouver’s Coco Love Alcorn, much like Britain’s current it girl Corrine Bailey Rae, finds sonic comfort reveling in the true blue triad of old school soul, and R&B staples: namely, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Al Green. However, where Leeds’ leading lady serves up a nice light snack, Alcorn, whose rich, limber, voice whispers and swoons with precision, starts at a full boil and takes care to deliver a sumptuous, simmering full course meal. Produced by fret guru Steve Dawson (does he ever sleep?), Sugar’s songs linger and burn like a long, goodbye embrace: a quality that ignites some tracks (“Out Of Sight”, “Falling Into You”) and weighs down others (“There Is A Light”). Still, its’ a minor quibble on what is otherwise a star turn.

-Steve Baylin