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Two tracks into her debut LP, Greentea Peng sums up her style more succinctly than any reviewer ever could. “This sound…. it’s very physical and literal, but metaphysical and mystical,” she coos, reinforcing the aura of calm self-assurance that has surrounded the south-east London singer ever since her earliest musical experiments.

She’s right to be confident; three years on from the psychedelic soul of ‘Moonchild’, Greentea has succeeded in crafting a collection that is as much a multi-sensory experience as it is an album. Written and recorded in a remote corner of Surrey – as part of a month-long wilderness retreat with her seven-piece house band the Seng Seng Family – ‘MAN MADE’ seems to have absorbed the shroom-soaked spirit of its surroundings by osmosis. Listening to funk guitar mingle with dubby bass and languid brass on the aforementioned ‘This Sound’, you can practically feel your pulse-rate dropping in real time. – NME